Fails the Bechdel test
Lone Survivor
2014. Directed by Peter Berg, written by Peter Berg and Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
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 0 out of 3.
The film
Marcus Luttrell, a Navy Seal, and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. After running into mountain herders and capturing them, they were left with no choice but to follow their rules of engagement or be imprisoned. Now Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
- Released
- 10 Jan 2014
- Genres
- Action, Biography, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 60 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 6 wins & 18 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Murphy 233 lines, man
- Luttrell 190 lines, man
- Axe 100 lines, man
- Kristensen 49 lines, man
- Danny 48 lines, man
- Shane Patton 47 lines, man
- Dietz 41 lines, man
- Hasslert 28 lines, man
- Musslemen 17 lines, man
- Gulab Gulab 14 lines, man
Full cast, 48 people
- Mark Wahlberg as Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell
- Taylor Kitsch as Lieutenant Michael "Mike" Murphy
- Emile Hirsch as Petty Officer Second Class Danny Dietz
- Ben Foster as Petty Officer Second Class Matthew "Axe" Axelson
- Eric Bana as Lieutenant Commander Erik Kristensen
- Ali Suliman as Mohammad Gulab
- Alexander Ludwig as Petty Officer Second Class Shane Patton
- Jerry Ferrara as Hasslert
- Scott Elrod as QRF SEAL
- Josh Berry as Communication SEAL
- Yousuf Azami as Shah
- Sammy Sheik as Taraq
- Rich Ting as James Suh
- Dan Bilzerian as Healy
- Rick Vargas as Crew Chief
- Gregory Rockwood as Chinook Pilot #1
- Ryan Kay as Chinook Pilot #2
- Patrick Griffin as Chinook Co-Pilot
- Eric Steinig as SEAL Lieutenant
- Justin Tade as CJSOTF Marine
- Sterling Jones as Bagram Comms Guy
- Jason Riggins as 50 Cal Gunner
- Matthew Page as Army Intel Guy
- Nicholas Patel as Goat Boy
- Daniel Arroyo as Teenage Goat Boy
- Zarin Rahimi as Goat Man
- Rohan Chand as Gulab's Young Son
- Anthony McKenzie as TOC Senior Air Officer
- Brian Call as TOC SEAL
- Ishmael Antonio as Doctor
- Samuel J. Cloud as JAG
- Perparim "Peter" Bici as Communication SEAL Perry
- Henry Penzi as Penzi
- Robert Loerke as Captain Jacoby
- Kurt Carlson as Captain Lovas
- Daniel Fulcoly as Lieutenant Andrews
- Michael P. Herrmann as Wallace
- Paul Craig as "EOD" Paul
- Zabiullah Mirzai as Zabi
- John Hocker as Hocker
- Robert H. Doudell as Village Elder
- Edmund Blanchet as PJ #1
- Jim Cusic as PJ #2
- Hillel Michael Shamam as Angry Villager (uncredited)
- Corey Large as SEAL Captain Kenney (uncredited)
- Peter Berg as Soldier (uncredited)
- Sergio Kato as Navy Seal (uncredited)
- David Shepard as CJSOTF Commander
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 105
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 68 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 40 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 8 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 17 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 63 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 62 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 85 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 18 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 115 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 27 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 9 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 66 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 9 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 20 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 21 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 32 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 10 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 4 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 3 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 18 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 20 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 9 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 12 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 3 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 12 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 10 |
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, 0 are women's.
0 lines from women, 858 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
0 women and 27 men in the cast. 0 women and 28 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
No woman speaks.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 868 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 0% of the words (0), men 100% (6,211).
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
2 of the 18 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 14% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Peter Berg (man)
- Written by
- Peter Berg (man)
- Produced by
- Sarah Aubrey (woman), Randall Emmett (man), Akiva Goldsman (man), Norton Herrick (gender not listed), Barry Spikings (man), Mark Wahlberg (man) and 3 more
- Shot by
- Tobias A. Schliessler (man)
- Edited by
- Colby Parker, Jr. (man)
- Music by
- Steve Jablonsky (man)
- Production design by
- Tom Duffield (man)
- Costumes by
- Amy Stofsky (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- John Brace (man), Linda Lowy (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
6 women, 23 men, 18 not listed
-
Camera
1 women, 15 men, 4 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 13 men, 6 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 3 men, 15 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 10 men, 5 not listed
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Art
1 women, 6 men, 5 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Men: 34 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Men
Alexander Ludwig 21, Emile Hirsch 28, Taylor Kitsch 32, Ben Foster 33, Jerry Ferrara 34, Ali Suliman 36, Scott Elrod 38, Mark Wahlberg 42, Eric Bana 45
Exhibit G: the money
It made 3.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $149 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 105 scenes and 868 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
