Fails the Bechdel test
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
1971. Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., written by Priscilla Friedrich and Otto Friedrich and Thornton W. Burgess.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
2 women characters. 0 of them speak. -
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 1 out of 3.
The film
When the Chief Easter Bunny retires, he chooses Peter Cottontail as his successor. However, the reclusive January Q. Irontail wants the position as well, seeking to revenge himself upon children everywhere for the destruction of his tail. He proposes he and Peter have a race to see who can deliver the most eggs. Due to his own carelessness and Irontail's meddling, Peter oversleeps and loses the job. Luckily, a strange man and a worm give him access to a time machine, so Peter can set things right. Unfortunately, Irontail is there with the intention of thwarting him every step of the way...
- Released
- 04 Apr 1971
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- TV-G
- IMDb
- 7.4 / 10
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Junior 112 lines, man
- Irontail 58 lines, man
- Peter 54 lines, man
- Jackie 51 lines
- Flutter 50 lines, man
- Munch 47 lines, woman
- Wind 26 lines
- Sss 19 lines
- Elroy 14 lines
- Antoine 13 lines, man
Full cast, 8 people
- Danny Kaye as Seymour S. Sassafras / Colonel Wellington B. Bunny / Antoine (voice)
- Vincent Price as January Q. Irontail (voice)
- Casey Kasem as Peter Cottontail (voice)
- Paul Frees as Colonel Wellington's Assistant / Santa Claus / Rooster (voice)
- Joan Gardner as Mom / Madame Esmeralda / Bonnie Bonnet / Hat Shop Owner (voice)
- Iris Rainer as Donna (voice)
- Greg Thomas as Tommy / Boy 1 (Independence Day) (voice)
- Jeff Thomas as Boy 2 (Independence Day) (voice)
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, 18 are women's.
65 lines from women, 294 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
2 women and 4 men in the cast. 0 women and 7 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 78 of 514.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 82 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 18% of the words (489), men 82% (2,163).
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
51
Exhibit E: behind the camera
None of the 9 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 0% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jules Bass (man), Arthur Rankin Jr. (man)
- Written by
- Romeo Muller (man), Thornton W. Burgess (gender not listed)
- Produced by
- Arthur Rankin Jr. (man), Jules Bass (man)
- Edited by
- Irwin Goldress (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Maury Laws (man)
- Production design by
- Steve Nakagawa (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
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Production
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men
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Art
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average. Men: 52 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Iris Rainer 27, Joan Gardner 44
Men
Casey Kasem 38, Paul Frees 50, Vincent Price 59, Danny Kaye 60
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 514 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
