Passes the Bechdel test
Leviathan
1989. Directed by George P. Cosmatos, written by David Webb Peoples and Jeb Stuart.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 81. -
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
Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by one.
- Released
- 17 Mar 1989
- Genres
- Adventure, Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 51 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Beck 160 lines, man
- Jones 121 lines, man
- Willie 108 lines, woman
- Doc 73 lines, man
- Cobb 56 lines, man
- Dejesus 55 lines, man
- Sixpack 40 lines, man
- Bowman 28 lines, woman
- Martin 22 lines, woman
- Captain 5 lines
Full cast, 14 people
- Peter Weller as Steven Beck
- Richard Crenna as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
- Amanda Pays as Elizabeth 'Willie' Williams
- Daniel Stern as Buzz 'Sixpack' Parrish
- Ernie Hudson as Justin Jones
- Michael Carmine as Tony 'DeJesus' Rodero
- Lisa Eilbacher as Bridget Bowman
- Héctor Elizondo as C.P. Cobb
- Meg Foster as Ms. Martin
- Eugene Lipinski as Russian Ship Captain
- Larry Dolgin as Helicopter Pilot
- Pascal Druant as Winch Operator
- Steve Pelot as Winch Operator
- Tom Woodruff Jr. as Lead Creature (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 81
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 to 4 | 6 | 43 |
| 5 to 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 to 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 to 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 to 12 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 to 16 | 8 | 6 |
| 17 to 18 | 7 | 22 |
| 19 to 20 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 to 22 | 10 | 10 |
| 23 to 24 | 11 | 19 |
| 25 to 26 | 6 | 18 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 9 |
| 29 to 30 | 2 | 15 |
| 31 to 32 | 12 | 19 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 10 |
| 35 to 36 | 5 | 12 |
| 37 to 38 | 1 | 8 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 16 |
| 41 to 42 | 2 | 9 |
| 43 to 44 | 10 | 13 |
| 45 to 46 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 to 48 | 4 | 5 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 11 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 31 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 to 56 | 1 | 11 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 16 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 24 |
| 61 to 62 | 3 | 11 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 3 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 4 |
| 67 to 68 | 2 | 26 |
| 69 to 70 | 1 | 6 |
| 71 to 72 | 1 | 5 |
| 73 to 74 | 22 | 30 |
| 75 to 76 | 8 | 35 |
| 77 to 78 | 13 | 9 |
| 79 to 80 | 2 | 10 |
| 81 to 81 | 3 | 2 |
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.
BOWMAN: What's the weather like up top? WILLIE: Clear for pickup.
WILLIE: Made your million, yet? BOWMAN: Not yet. WILLIE: How's TransOcean doing? BOWMAN: You got money in this tub?
BOWMAN: "Major development in South Indian Ocean set for fall of 2010..." That sounds interesting, but they're too tied to their holdings. Remember … WILLIE: You take your money, too seriously, Bo. BOWMAN: You're damn right I do. Five years down here and I'll pull in more than 15 topside. I'm not down here for the fun, I'll tell you that.
BOWMAN: The weather's good, I already checked, but I'll be off in a minute. WILLIE: Hey, Jonesy, who's the best power forward in the NBA...Jameson?
BOWMAN: Personal effects... WILLIE: Timex... WILLIE: Here's something for you, Cobbie.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 24 are women's.
159 lines from women, 516 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
3 women and 11 men in the cast. 4 women and 14 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 697.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 58 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 22% of the words (1,206), men 78% (4,344). Women have 24% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
7
Two men
66
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 14% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- George P. Cosmatos (man)
- Written by
- Jeb Stuart (man), David Webb Peoples (man)
- Story by
- David Webb Peoples (man)
- Produced by
- Aurelio De Laurentiis (man), Luigi De Laurentiis (man)
- Shot by
- Alex Thomson (man)
- Edited by
- John F. Burnett (man), Roberto Silvi (man)
- Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith (man)
- Production design by
- Ron Cobb (man)
- Costumes by
- April Ferry (woman)
- Cast by
- Jane Feinberg (woman), Mike Fenton (man), Lynda Gordon (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Art
2 women, 17 men, 11 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 13 men, 8 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 8 men, 13 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 6 men, 12 not listed
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Production
3 women, 7 men, 8 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 8 men, 7 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 3 men, 7 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Amanda Pays 29, Lisa Eilbacher 32, Meg Foster 40
Men
Michael Carmine 30, Daniel Stern 31, Eugene Lipinski 32, Peter Weller 41, Ernie Hudson 43, Héctor Elizondo 52, Richard Crenna 62
Exhibit H: the money
It made 63% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $15.7 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 81 scenes and 697 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
