Passes the Bechdel test
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008. Directed by Steven Spielberg, written by David Koepp and George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
8 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 84. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
During the Cold War, Soviet Agents watch Professor Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr., when a young man brings him a coded message from an aged, demented colleague, Professor Harold Oxley. Led by the brilliant Irina Spalko, the Soviets tail Jones and the young man, Mutt Williams, to Peru. With Oxley's code, they find a legendary skull made of a single piece of quartz. If Jones can deliver the skull to its rightful place, all may be well. But if Irina takes it to its origin, she'll gain powers that could endanger the West. Aging professor and young buck join forces with a woman from Jones' past, Marion Ravenwood, to face the dangers of the jungle, Russia, and the supernatural.
- Released
- 22 May 2008
- Genres
- Action, Adventure
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 65 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award. 10 wins & 42 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Indy 355 lines, man
- Mutt 156 lines, man
- Spalko 71 lines, woman
- Mac 65 lines, man
- Marion 58 lines, woman
- Oxley 39 lines, man
- Stanforth 21 lines, man
- Smith 11 lines, man
- Dovchenko 10 lines, man
- Voice 7 lines
Full cast, 97 people
- Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones
- Cate Blanchett as Irina Spalko
- Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood
- Shia LaBeouf as Mutt Williams
- Ray Winstone as George 'Mac' McHale
- John Hurt as Professor Harold Oxley
- Jim Broadbent as Dean Charles Stanforth
- Igor Jijikine as Antonin Dovchenko
- Dimitri Diatchenko as Russian Suit
- Ilia Volok as Russian Suit
- Emmanuel Todorov as Russian Soldier
- Pasha D. Lychnikoff as Russian Soldier
- Andrew Divoff as Russian Soldier
- Venya Manzyuk as Russian Soldier
- Alan Dale as General Bob Ross
- Joel Stoffer as Taylor
- Neil Flynn as Smith
- Vincent Foster as Minister
- Chet Hanks as Student in Library
- Brian Knutson as Letterman
- Dean Grimes as Letterman
- Sasha Spielberg as Slugger
- Nicole Luther as Diner Waitress
- Sophia Stewart as Malt Shop Teen
- Chris Todd as College Brawler
- Dennis Nusbaum as College Brawler
- T. Ryan Mooney as Teenage Boy
- Audi Resendez as Teenage Girl
- Helena Barrett as Teenage Girl
- Carlos Linares as Fast Speaking Inmate
- Gustavo Hernandez as Shouting Inmate
- Maria Luisa Minelli as Sanitarium Nun
- Nito Larioza as Cemetery Warrior
- Ernie Reyes Jr. as Cemetery Warrior
- Jon Valera as Cave Warrior
- Kevin Collins as M.P. in Guard Hut
- Robert Baker as M.P. Sergeant
- Andre Alexsen as Russian Soldier #1 (uncredited)
- Greg Anthony as Ugha Warrior (uncredited)
- Ryan Bair as Varsity Football Player (uncredited)
- Jon Braver as Staff Car Driver (uncredited)
- Kyle Brody as Peruvian Village Boy (uncredited)
- Amanda Bromberg as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- Noelle Bruno as Greaser Girl (uncredited)
- Chris Bryant as Student (uncredited)
- Kevin Patrick Burke as Russian Soldier (uncredited)
- Tim Camarillo as Peruvian Villager (uncredited)
- Arnold Chon as Ugha Mud Warrior (uncredited)
- Jared Christopherson as College Student (uncredited)
- Al Conti as Professor (uncredited)
- Marly Coronel as Villager (uncredited)
- Martin Dew as Russian Scientist (uncredited)
- Holland Diaz as Ugha Mud Warrior (uncredited)
- John Dixon as Russian Driver (uncredited)
- Ken Edling as Traveler (uncredited)
- Denholm Elliott as Marcus Brody (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Larry Eudene as Dr. Pavlov - Russian Scientist (uncredited)
- Colin Follenweider as Joe College (uncredited)
- Erin Frederick as Surprised Library Student (uncredited)
- Andrew Goldfarb as Protesting Student (uncredited)
- Ted Grossman as Peruvian Porter (uncredited)
- Celia Hemken as Deirdre Stanforth (uncredited)
- Michael J. Jacyna as Russian Military Cameraman (uncredited)
- Joe Jagatic as Russian Soldier (uncredited)
- Alexander Kaminer as Russian Soldier (uncredited)
- Brendon John Kelly as College Student (uncredited)
- Adam Kirley as Teenage Boy Car Driver (uncredited)
- Katie Knopf as Cheerleader (uncredited)
- Gregory Kudanovych as Russian Soldier (uncredited)
- David LaVera as Toba - Mayan Warrior (uncredited)
- Jonathan Lomma as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- Janet López as Candle Seller / Peru Villager (uncredited)
- Michael Maddigan as Greaser (uncredited)
- Chuck Maldonado as Cemetery Warrior (uncredited)
- Sean Marrinan as Hellman's Bakery Delivery Man (uncredited)
- Anthony Martins as Ugha Warrior (uncredited)
- Derek Mears as Russian Soldier (uncredited)
- Juan Manuel Mendiola Jr. as Airman (uncredited)
- Steven A. Miller as College Student (uncredited)
- Josh Mills as Tim Holt (uncredited)
- Johanna Monasterios as Student (uncredited)
- Lee Morrison as Russian Driver (uncredited)
- Ian Novotny as Russian Soldier (uncredited)
- Adam Prakop as Student in Library (uncredited)
- Ana Maria Quintana as Peruvian Nun (uncredited)
- Sam Rocco as College Student (uncredited)
- Ilya Rockwell as Russian Soldier (uncredited)
- Jason Roehm as Russian Soldier (uncredited)
- Errol Sack as Hostile Soldier (uncredited)
- Philip J. Silvera as Ugh Mud Warrior (uncredited)
- David St. Pierre as Greaser (uncredited)
- Bogdan Szumilas as Russian Scientist (uncredited)
- Bryan Thompson as Letterman (uncredited)
- John H. Tobin as Sierra Madre Cowboy (uncredited)
- John Willoughby as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Dianne Zaremba as College Student (uncredited)
- Ilya Jonathan Zaydenberg as Russian Soldier #5 (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 84
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 to 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 to 6 | 13 | 28 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 to 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 36 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 15 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 30 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 57 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 to 36 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 25 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 30 |
| 41 to 42 | 3 | 12 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 41 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 13 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 25 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 2 |
| 51 to 52 | 11 | 28 |
| 53 to 54 | 1 | 4 |
| 55 to 56 | 5 | 4 |
| 57 to 58 | 3 | 5 |
| 59 to 60 | 18 | 46 |
| 61 to 62 | 31 | 87 |
| 63 to 64 | 15 | 40 |
| 65 to 66 | 4 | 25 |
| 67 to 68 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 to 70 | 5 | 13 |
| 71 to 72 | 1 | 17 |
| 73 to 74 | 2 | 9 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 3 |
| 77 to 78 | 11 | 25 |
| 79 to 80 | 1 | 14 |
| 81 to 82 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 to 84 | 1 | 19 |
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.
SPALKO: Idiot! On Yedit! MARION: GET DOWN!
MARION: HAH! Fat chance. SPALKO: Look at them. SPALKO: They’re a hive mind, one being, physically separate, but with a collective consciousness. More powerful together than they could ever be apa… SPALKO: Imagine what they’ll tell us.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 16 are women's.
135 lines from women, 690 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
8 women and 52 men in the cast. 5 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 25 of 839.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 154 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 (1,375), men 82% (6,299). Women have 16% 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
3
Two men
79
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Steven Spielberg (man)
- Written by
- David Koepp (man)
- Story by
- George Lucas (man), Jeff Nathanson (man)
- Produced by
- Frank Marshall (man)
- Shot by
- Janusz Kamiński (man)
- Edited by
- Michael Kahn (man)
- Music by
- John Williams (man)
- Production design by
- Guy Hendrix Dyas (man)
- Costumes by
- Mary Zophres (woman)
- Cast by
- Debra Zane (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
15 women, 66 men, 15 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
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Production
3 women, 7 men, 1 not listed
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Art
1 women, 7 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 5 men
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Directing
0 women, 4 men
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Sound
0 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 48 on average. Men: 48 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Cate Blanchett 39, Karen Allen 56
Men
Shia LaBeouf 21, Dimitri Diatchenko 40, Igor Jijikine 42, Ilia Volok 42, Ray Winstone 51, Jim Broadbent 58, Harrison Ford 65, John Hurt 68
Exhibit H: the money
It made 4.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $185 million
- Box office
- $787 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 84 scenes and 839 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
