Fails the Bechdel test
Heat
1995. Directed by Michael Mann, written by Michael Mann.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
27 women characters. 8 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
Hunters and their prey--Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. A botched job puts Hanna onto their trail while they regroup and try to put together one last big 'retirement' score. Neil and Vincent are similar in many ways, including their troubled personal lives. At a crucial moment in his life, Neil disobeys the dictum taught to him long ago by his criminal mentor--'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner'--as he falls in love. Thus the stage is set for the suspenseful ending....
- Released
- 15 Dec 1995
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 8.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 76 / 100
- Awards
- 15 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Neil 251 lines, man
- Hanna 165 lines, man
- Nate 54 lines, man
- Chris 45 lines, man
- Eady 43 lines, woman
- Charlene 32 lines, woman
- Cerrito 31 lines, man
- Waingro 30 lines, man
- Towner 23 lines, man
- Farina 21 lines, man
Full cast, 90 people
- Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna
- Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley
- Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis
- Jon Voight as Nate
- Tom Sizemore as Michael Cheritto
- Diane Venora as Justine
- Amy Brenneman as Eady
- Ashley Judd as Charlene Shiherlis
- Mykelti Williamson as Drucker
- Wes Studi as Casals
- Ted Levine as Bosko
- Dennis Haysbert as Donald Breedan
- William Fichtner as Roger Van Zant
- Natalie Portman as Lauren Gustafson
- Tom Noonan as Kelso
- Kevin Gage as Waingro
- Hank Azaria as Alan Marciano
- Susan Traylor as Elaine Cheritto
- Kim Staunton as Lillian
- Danny Trejo as Trejo
- Henry Rollins as Hugh Benny
- Jerry Trimble as Schwartz
- Martin Ferrero as Construction Clerk
- Ricky Harris as Albert Torena
- Tone Loc as Richard Torena
- Begonya Plaza as Anna Trejo
- Hazelle Goodman as Hooker's Mother
- Ray Buktenica as Timmons
- Jeremy Piven as Dr. Bob
- Xander Berkeley as Ralph
- Rick Avery as Armored Guard #2
- Brad Baldridge as Children's Hospital Doctor
- Andrew Camuccio as Dominick
- Brian Camuccio as Dominick
- Max Daniels as Shooter at Drive-in
- Vince Deadrick Jr. as Driver at Drive-in
- Chris Campbell as Cop
- Thomas Elfmont as Desk Clerk Cop
- Kenny Endoso as Bartender
- Kimberly Flynn as Casals' Date
- Steven Ford as Officer Bruce
- Farrah Forke as Claudia
- Hannes Fritsch as Miracle Mile Bartender
- Amanda Graves as Linda Cheritto
- Emily Graves as Anita Cheritto
- Niki Haris as Marcia Drucker
- Ted Harvey as Detective #2
- Patricia Healy as Bosko's Date
- Paul Herman as Sergeant Heinz
- Cindy Katz as Rachel
- Brian Libby as Captain Jackson
- Bill McIntosh as Armored Guard #1
- Dan Martin as Harry Dieter
- Rick Marzan as Basketball Player
- Terry Miller as Children's Hospital Nurse
- Paul Moyer as News Anchorman
- Daniel O'Haco as Detective #1
- Mario Roberts as Bank Guard #1
- Phillip Robinson as Alphonse
- Thomas Rosales Jr. as Armored Truck Driver
- Rainell Saunders as Dead Hooker
- Kai Soremekun as Prostitute
- Rey Verdugo as Vegas Cop
- Wendy L. Walsh as News Anchorwoman
- Yvonne Zima as Hostage Girl
- Anthony Backman as Guitarist (uncredited)
- Monica Lee Bellais as Nurse (uncredited)
- Peter Blackwell as Bar Couple (uncredited)
- Trevor Coppola as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Bud Cort as Solenko, Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
- Michele Edison as Marciano's Secretary (uncredited)
- Annette Goodman as Prostitute (uncredited)
- Mick Gould as 1st SIS Detective in the Hallway (uncredited)
- Mary Kircher as Police Woman (uncredited)
- David Koseruba as Mustached Cop with Capt. Jackson on Roof (uncredited)
- Neal MacMillan as Cop (uncredited)
- Darin Mangan as Grocery Store Employee (uncredited)
- Melissa S. Markess as Police Woman (uncredited)
- Andre McCoy as Man at Party (uncredited)
- Darren Melton as Bookstore Patron (uncredited)
- Robert Miranda as Cusamano (uncredited)
- Kathryn Mullen as Doreen Daniel, Diner Patron (uncredited)
- Manny Perry as Grocery Store Cop (uncredited)
- Jimmy N. Roberts as Road-blockade Cop (uncredited)
- Iva Franks-Singer as Waitress (uncredited)
- Jimmy Star as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Gloria Koehn Straube as Beach Walker (uncredited)
- Viviane Vives as Castilian Woman (uncredited)
- Tim Werner as Bank Guard (uncredited)
- Alex Wexo as Bartender (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 6 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 251
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 to 12 | 7 | 9 |
| 13 to 18 | 0 | 15 |
| 19 to 24 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 to 30 | 0 | 11 |
| 31 to 36 | 0 | 51 |
| 37 to 42 | 13 | 13 |
| 43 to 48 | 17 | 26 |
| 49 to 54 | 0 | 30 |
| 55 to 60 | 2 | 18 |
| 61 to 66 | 9 | 31 |
| 67 to 72 | 6 | 21 |
| 73 to 78 | 1 | 48 |
| 79 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 90 | 0 | 17 |
| 91 to 96 | 10 | 36 |
| 97 to 102 | 9 | 16 |
| 103 to 108 | 0 | 2 |
| 109 to 114 | 0 | 2 |
| 115 to 120 | 0 | 14 |
| 121 to 126 | 0 | 48 |
| 127 to 132 | 0 | 30 |
| 133 to 138 | 1 | 5 |
| 139 to 144 | 0 | 70 |
| 145 to 150 | 0 | 30 |
| 151 to 156 | 0 | 14 |
| 157 to 162 | 0 | 7 |
| 163 to 168 | 0 | 3 |
| 169 to 174 | 1 | 13 |
| 175 to 180 | 3 | 5 |
| 181 to 186 | 2 | 29 |
| 187 to 192 | 0 | 38 |
| 193 to 198 | 11 | 30 |
| 199 to 204 | 14 | 33 |
| 205 to 210 | 0 | 30 |
| 211 to 216 | 2 | 13 |
| 217 to 222 | 2 | 19 |
| 223 to 228 | 1 | 4 |
| 229 to 234 | 3 | 10 |
| 235 to 240 | 3 | 13 |
| 241 to 246 | 0 | 9 |
| 247 to 251 | 0 | 2 |
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, 12 are women's.
117 lines from women, 833 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
27 women and 54 men in the cast. 8 women and 38 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 17 of 1,014.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 143 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 12% of the words (1,045), men 88% (7,850).
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
1
Two men
84
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 15% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Michael Mann (man)
- Written by
- Michael Mann (man)
- Produced by
- Art Linson (man), Michael Mann (man)
- Shot by
- Dante Spinotti (man)
- Edited by
- Pasquale Buba (man), William Goldenberg (man), Dov Hoenig (man), Tom Rolf (man)
- Music by
- Elliot Goldenthal (man)
- Production design by
- Neil Spisak (man)
- Costumes by
- Deborah L. Scott (woman)
- Cast by
- Bonnie Timmermann (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
7 women, 53 men, 31 not listed
-
Other crew
6 women, 56 men, 28 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 20 men, 17 not listed
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Art
5 women, 11 men, 16 not listed
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Production
5 women, 11 men, 11 not listed
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Editing
4 women, 8 men, 13 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 6 men, 15 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 7 men, 10 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 45 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Ashley Judd 27, Amy Brenneman 31, Diane Venora 43
Men
Tom Sizemore 34, Val Kilmer 35, Mykelti Williamson 38, Wes Studi 47, Robert De Niro 52, Al Pacino 55, Jon Voight 56
Exhibit G: the money
It made 3.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $187 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 251 scenes and 1,014 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
