Passes the Bechdel test
Hudson Hawk
1991. Directed by Michael Lehmann, written by Bruce Willis and Robert Kraft and Steven E. de Souza.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 90. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten to kill his friend Tommy.
- Released
- 24 May 1991
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 17 / 100
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Hawk 236 lines, man
- Anna 83 lines, woman
- Alex 72 lines, man
- Minerva 42 lines, woman
- Darwin 39 lines, man
- Kaplan 37 lines, man
- Gates 19 lines, man
- Snickers 17 lines, man
- Almond Joy 16 lines, woman
- Alfred 12 lines, man
Full cast, 36 people
- Bruce Willis as Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins
- Danny Aiello as Tommy Five-Tone
- Andie MacDowell as Anna Baragli
- James Coburn as George Kaplan
- Richard E. Grant as Darwin Mayflower
- Sandra Bernhard as Minerva Mayflower
- David Caruso as Kit Kat
- Frank Stallone Jr. as Cesar Mario
- Donald Burton as Alfred
- Don Harvey as Snickers
- Andrew Bryniarski as Butterfinger
- Lorraine Toussaint as Almond Joy
- Burtt Harris as Gates
- Carmine Zozzora as Antony Mario
- Stefano Molinari as Leonardo Da Vinci
- Enrico Lo Verso as Apprentice
- Remo Remotti as Guy on Donkey
- Giselda Volodi as Mona Lisa
- P. Randall Bowers as Prison Clerk
- Arthur M. Wolpinsky as Prison Security Guard
- Frank Page as Mario's Driver
- Robert Vazquez as Big Stan
- Michael Klastorin as Dean
- Scott H. Eddo as Jerry
- John Savident as Auctioneer
- Lisa Matthews as Girl in Car
- John Lucantonio as Vatican Guard
- Antonino Iuorio as Vatican Guard
- Courtenay Semel as Bratty Kid
- Massimo Ciprari as The Pope
- Douglas Brian Martin as Igg
- Steven M. Martin as Ook
- Leonardo Cimino as Cardinal
- Giangiacomo Colli as Waiter
- Frank Welker as Bunny the Dog (voice)
- William Conrad as Narrator (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 90
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 35 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 26 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 35 |
| 25 to 26 | 8 | 21 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 to 30 | 2 | 24 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 9 |
| 33 to 34 | 7 | 17 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 to 40 | 8 | 4 |
| 41 to 42 | 9 | 9 |
| 43 to 44 | 3 | 3 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 3 |
| 47 to 48 | 1 | 16 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 2 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 2 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 to 58 | 7 | 13 |
| 59 to 60 | 8 | 11 |
| 61 to 62 | 6 | 4 |
| 63 to 64 | 6 | 9 |
| 65 to 66 | 5 | 20 |
| 67 to 68 | 4 | 4 |
| 69 to 70 | 8 | 15 |
| 71 to 72 | 13 | 22 |
| 73 to 74 | 3 | 12 |
| 75 to 76 | 1 | 6 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 to 80 | 2 | 2 |
| 81 to 82 | 6 | 20 |
| 83 to 84 | 16 | 48 |
| 85 to 86 | 3 | 5 |
| 87 to 88 | 17 | 18 |
| 89 to 90 | 1 | 4 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
ALMOND JOY: Anna-bannana-fo-fanna, I guess I have to cut out your heart for real now. It's not personal. ALMOND JOY: You won't shoot. I read your dossier... Sister. ALMOND JOY: I gotta get a new job... ANNA: The Mayflowers got...
MINERVA: You can't, convict! You're just a shmoe! Every shmoe has the fantasy the planet revolves around them. It rains, car crash stops traffic, you… ANNA: Do it. There's no reason to fight anymore. She's a force of nature. MINERVA: If you pull this off, I can't promise I won't kill you. I mean, who we trying to kid? But I will spare the Flying Nun here....
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 22 are women's.
144 lines from women, 506 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
6 women and 25 men in the cast. 3 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 182 of 658.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 181 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 24% of the words (2,006), men 76% (6,469). Women have 22% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
6
Two men
71
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 8% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Michael Lehmann (man)
- Written by
- Daniel Waters (man), Steven E. de Souza (man)
- Story by
- Robert Kraft (man), Bruce Willis (man)
- Produced by
- Joel Silver (man)
- Shot by
- Dante Spinotti (man)
- Edited by
- Chris Lebenzon (man), Michael Tronick (man)
- Music by
- Michael Kamen (man), Robert Kraft (man)
- Production design by
- Jackson De Govia (man)
- Costumes by
- Marilyn Vance (woman)
- Cast by
- Jackie Burch (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
2 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 6 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 4 men
-
Sound
0 women, 4 men
-
Writing
0 women, 4 men
-
Art
0 women, 3 men
-
Editing
0 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 44 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Andie MacDowell 33, Sandra Bernhard 35
Men
Don Harvey 30, Richard E. Grant 34, David Caruso 35, Bruce Willis 36, Frank Stallone Jr. 40, Danny Aiello 57, Donald Burton 57, James Coburn 62
Exhibit H: the money
It made 26% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $65 million
- Box office
- $17.2 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 90 scenes and 658 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
