Passes the Bechdel test
Ghost Ship
2002. Directed by Steve Beck, written by Mark Hanlon and John Pogue.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 2 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 261. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
In a remote region of the Bering Sea, a boat salvage crew discovers the eerie remains of a grand passenger liner thought lost for more than 40 years. Once on-board, the crew must confront the ship's horrific past and face the ultimate fight for their lives.
- Released
- 25 Oct 2002
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 28 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Murphy 285 lines, man
- Epps 167 lines, woman
- Dodge 158 lines, man
- Greer 120 lines, man
- Coastguard Dispatcher 13 lines
- Voice 7 lines
- Vasili 6 lines
- Coastguardsman 5 lines
- Father 5 lines, man
- Girl 4 lines, woman
Full cast, 15 people
- Gabriel Byrne as Captain Sean Murphy
- Julianna Margulies as Maureen Epps
- Desmond Harrington as Jack Ferriman
- Ron Eldard as Dodge
- Isaiah Washington as Greer
- Karl Urban as Munder
- Emily Browning as Katie Harwood
- Francesca Rettondini as Francesca
- Bob Ruggiero as Captain
- Jamie Giddens as Friendly Officer
- Alex Dimitriades as Santos
- Boris Brkic as Chief Steward
- Iain Gardiner as Purser
- Adam Bieshaar as First Officer
- Cameron Watt as Second Officer
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 6 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 261
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 to 12 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 to 18 | 10 | 26 |
| 19 to 24 | 8 | 26 |
| 25 to 30 | 0 | 5 |
| 31 to 36 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 to 42 | 0 | 14 |
| 43 to 48 | 5 | 27 |
| 49 to 54 | 1 | 2 |
| 55 to 60 | 0 | 5 |
| 61 to 66 | 2 | 10 |
| 67 to 72 | 0 | 10 |
| 73 to 78 | 3 | 7 |
| 79 to 84 | 9 | 45 |
| 85 to 90 | 0 | 10 |
| 91 to 96 | 4 | 17 |
| 97 to 102 | 4 | 23 |
| 103 to 108 | 2 | 12 |
| 109 to 114 | 4 | 20 |
| 115 to 120 | 22 | 38 |
| 121 to 126 | 2 | 3 |
| 127 to 132 | 2 | 26 |
| 133 to 138 | 0 | 14 |
| 139 to 144 | 10 | 29 |
| 145 to 150 | 9 | 43 |
| 151 to 156 | 8 | 29 |
| 157 to 162 | 0 | 8 |
| 163 to 168 | 9 | 10 |
| 169 to 174 | 21 | 29 |
| 175 to 180 | 0 | 8 |
| 181 to 186 | 5 | 13 |
| 187 to 192 | 5 | 15 |
| 193 to 198 | 9 | 9 |
| 199 to 204 | 11 | 5 |
| 205 to 210 | 3 | 0 |
| 211 to 216 | 5 | 4 |
| 217 to 222 | 8 | 12 |
| 223 to 228 | 0 | 0 |
| 229 to 234 | 0 | 0 |
| 235 to 240 | 0 | 0 |
| 241 to 246 | 0 | 0 |
| 247 to 252 | 0 | 0 |
| 253 to 258 | 0 | 0 |
| 259 to 261 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
EPPS: NO!!!! KATIE: It isn't real. KATIE: Many bad things have happened here. But you mustn't allow the evil inside. I tell you this because you can see me. The others can't. But you…
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 24 are women's.
184 lines from women, 572 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
3 women and 11 men in the cast. 2 women and 3 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 37 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 19% of the words (1,291), men 81% (5,400). Women have 24% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
1
Two men
80
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 26% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Steve Beck (man)
- Written by
- Mark Hanlon (man), John Pogue (man)
- Produced by
- Gilbert Adler (man), Joel Silver (man), Robert Zemeckis (man)
- Shot by
- Gale Tattersall (man)
- Edited by
- Roger Barton (man), Rebecca Weigold (woman)
- Music by
- John Frizzell (man)
- Production design by
- Graham "Grace" Walker (man)
- Cast by
- Lora Kennedy (woman), Fiona McMaster (gender not listed), Tom McSweeney (man)
The crew, department by department
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Production
4 women, 13 men, 10 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 8 men, 13 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 12 men, 5 not listed
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Art
2 women, 5 men, 7 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 2 men, 8 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 4 men, 6 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emily Browning 13, Francesca Rettondini 31, Julianna Margulies 36
Men
Desmond Harrington 26, Karl Urban 30, Ron Eldard 37, Isaiah Washington 39, Gabriel Byrne 52, Bob Ruggiero 64
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $71.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 261 scenes and 788 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
