Fails the Bechdel test
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992. Directed by James Foley, written by David Mamet.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.
The film
The real story behind the world of sales. This is a realistic portrayal of what it is to try making a life in high pressure sales with all its highs and lows; promises of fortunes and deliveries of dross. Red-leads and dead-leads are to blame for life's outcomes. Living with "Objection, Rebuttal, Close".
- Released
- 02 Oct 1992
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 84 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 14 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Roma 220 lines, man
- Aaronow 192 lines, man
- Levene 186 lines, man
- Moss 162 lines, man
- Williamson 146 lines, man
- Lingk 60 lines, man
- Baylen 31 lines, man
- Glengarry Glen Ross 1 lines
- You 1 lines
Full cast, 20 people
- Al Pacino as Ricky Roma
- Jack Lemmon as Shelley Levene
- Alec Baldwin as Blake
- Alan Arkin as George Aaronow
- Ed Harris as Dave Moss
- Kevin Spacey as John Williamson
- Jonathan Pryce as James Lingk
- Bruce Altman as Larry Spannel
- Jude Ciccolella as Detective
- Paul Butler as Policeman
- Lori Tan Chinn as Coat Check Girl
- Neal Jones as Man in Donut Shop
- Barry Rohrssen as Assistant Detective
- Leigh French as Additional Voices (voice)
- George Cheung as Additional Voices (voice)
- Murphy Dunne as Additional Voices (voice)
- Dana Lee as Additional Voices (voice)
- Julie Payne as Additional Voices (voice)
- Gregory Snegoff as Additional Voices (voice)
- Skipp Lynch as Telephone Service Man (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 0 are women's.
0 lines from women, 997 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 16 men in the cast. 0 women and 6 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
No woman speaks.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 999 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 0% of the words (0), men 100% (11,849).
Exhibit D: 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
0
Two men
29
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- James Foley (man)
- Written by
- David Mamet (man)
- Produced by
- Stanley R. Zupnik (gender not listed), Jerry Tokofsky (man)
- Shot by
- Juan Ruiz Anchía (man)
- Edited by
- Howard E. Smith (man)
- Music by
- James Newton Howard (man)
- Production design by
- Jane Musky (woman)
- Costumes by
- Jane Greenwood (woman)
- Cast by
- Bonnie Timmermann (woman), Sylvia Fay (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
1 women, 7 men
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Production
3 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Art
1 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 1 men
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Directing
1 women, 3 men
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Men
Kevin Spacey 33, Alec Baldwin 34, Bruce Altman 37, Ed Harris 41, Jude Ciccolella 44, Jonathan Pryce 45, Paul Butler 50, Al Pacino 52, Alan Arkin 58, Jack Lemmon 67
Exhibit G: the money
It made 86% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $12.5 million
- Box office
- $10.7 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 999 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
