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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007. Directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio and Stuart Beattie.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    7 women characters. 5 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 2 scenes out of 140.
  3. 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.

Poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

The film

After losing Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, the team of Will Turner, Elizabeth Swan and Captain Barbossa make their final alliances with the pirate world to take on the forces of Lord Cutler Beckett and his crew, including Davy Jones, who he now has control over. It's not going to be easy, as they must rescue Sparrow, convince all the pirate lords to join them and defeats Beckett, whilst each individual pirate has their own route which they wish to follow.

Released
25 May 2007
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rated
PG-13
IMDb
7.2 / 10
Metascore
50 / 100
Awards
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 23 wins & 51 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Jack 179 lines, man
  2. Elizabeth 134 lines, woman
  3. Barbossa 114 lines, man
  4. Will 94 lines, man
  5. Beckett 63 lines, man
  6. Sao Feng 62 lines, man
  7. Jones 52 lines, man
  8. Gibbs 48 lines, man
  9. Pintel 37 lines, man
  10. Tia Dalma 30 lines, woman
Full cast, 84 people
  • Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
  • Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa
  • Orlando Bloom as Will Turner
  • Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann
  • Jack Davenport as Norrington
  • Bill Nighy as Davy Jones
  • Jonathan Pryce as Governor Weatherby Swann
  • Lee Arenberg as Pintel
  • Mackenzie Crook as Ragetti
  • Kevin McNally as Gibbs
  • David Bailie as Cotton
  • Stellan Skarsgård as Bootstrap Bill
  • Tom Hollander as Cutler Beckett
  • Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma
  • Martin Klebba as Marty
  • David Schofield as Mercer
  • Lauren Maher as Scarlett
  • Dermot Keaney as Maccus / Dutchman
  • Clive Ashborn as Koleniko / Dutchman
  • Winston Ellis as Palifico / Dutchman
  • Christopher Adamson as Jimmy Legs / Dutchman
  • Andy Beckwith as Clacker / Dutchman
  • Jonathan Linsley as Ogilvey / Dutchman
  • Chow Yun-Fat as Captain Sao Feng
  • Keith Richards as Captain Teague
  • Ghassan Massoud as Captain Ammand
  • Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Captain Jocard
  • Dominic Scott Kay as Young Will Turner
  • Vanessa Branch as Giselle
  • Reggie Lee as Tai Huang
  • Marshall Manesh as Sumbhajee
  • Angus Barnett as Mullroy
  • Giles New as Murtogg
  • Takayo Fischer as Mistress Ching
  • Marcel Iureș as Capitaine Chevalle
  • Sergio Calderón as Captain Vallenueva
  • James Lancaster as EITC Agent
  • Toru Tanaka Jr. as Tattoo Pirate
  • Edwin H. Bravo as Mushroom Ear
  • Albert 'Sumo' Lee as Bathhouse Pirate
  • Tyler Tuione as Boiler Room Attendant
  • Larry Leong as Steng
  • Greg Ellis as Officer
  • Brendyn Bell as Cabin Boy
  • Ho-Kwan Tse as Hadras
  • Peter Donald Badalamenti II as Penrod
  • Marc Joseph as Quittance
  • Chris Symonds as Two Head #1
  • Michael Symonds as Two Head #2
  • Humberto Fernández Tristan as Vallenueva's Aide
  • Omid Djalili as Askay / Pusasn
  • Lawrence Cummings as Singing Gallows Pirate
  • Chris M. Allport as Singing Gallows Pirate
  • Jim Raycroft as Singing Gallows Pirate
  • Robert Hovencamp as Singing Gallows Pirate
  • Geoffrey Alch as Singing Gallows Pirate
  • Ned Wertimer as Singing Gallows Pirate
  • Samela A. Beasom as Singing Gallows Pirate
  • Jessica-Elisabeth as Singing Gallows Pirate
  • Caesar Peters as Singing Gallows Pirate
  • Bob Elmore as Executioner
  • Mark Hildreth as Cryer
  • Matthew Wolf as Endeavor Officer
  • JB Blanc as Clerk
  • Rick Mali as Pirate
  • Kimo Keoke as Pirate
  • David Prak as Pirate
  • Henry T. Yamada as Pirate
  • Jonathan Limbo as Pirate
  • Mick Gallagher as Pirate
  • Philip Shin as Pirate
  • Huynh Quang as Pirate
  • Ronnie Cruz as Pirate
  • Thomas Isao Morinaka as Pirate
  • Lidet Viravong as Pirate
  • Ova Saopeng as Pirate
  • Phoenix Wong as Pirate
  • Mark Wherry as Davy Jones Organ Double
  • Christopher S. Capp as Parrot (voice)
  • Sam Bower as Young Turner Vocal (voice)
  • Arnold Chon as Asian Pirate (uncredited)
  • Nicole Dionne as Hanged Pirate (uncredited)
  • Michelle Lee as Lian (uncredited)
  • David Meunier as Lieutenant Greitzer (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 140

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 324
4 to 6510
7 to 928
10 to 12117
13 to 1518
16 to 1820
19 to 21113
22 to 24112
25 to 2722
28 to 30015
31 to 33035
34 to 36423
37 to 39216
40 to 42846
43 to 45514
46 to 481522
49 to 51224
52 to 54226
55 to 57017
58 to 60777
61 to 63019
64 to 662030
67 to 691214
70 to 72033
73 to 75720
76 to 78310
79 to 8105
82 to 841358
85 to 871853
88 to 90656
91 to 9325
94 to 96824
97 to 9902
100 to 10228
103 to 10514
106 to 10802
109 to 111012
112 to 114015
115 to 117515
118 to 12001
121 to 12301
124 to 12602
127 to 129420
130 to 132015
133 to 135217
136 to 1381523
139 to 14024

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
TIA DALMA: Malfaiteur en Tombeau, Crochir l'Esplanade, Dans l'Fond d'l' eau! ELIZABETH: You've doomed us all.
TIA DALMA: A touch of destiny ... ELIZABETH: Take the line!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.

182 lines from women, 857 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

7 women and 53 men in the cast. 5 women and 41 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 9 of 1,097. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 56 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 14% of the words (1,542), men 86% (9,114). Women have 18% 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

Exhibit F: behind the camera

4 of the 17 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 13% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Gore Verbinski (man)
Written by
Terry Rossio (man), Ted Elliott (man)
Produced by
Eric McLeod (man), Jerry Bruckheimer (man), Pat Sandston (gender not listed), Peter Kohn (man), Jack Kney (man)
Shot by
Dariusz Wolski (man)
Edited by
Stephen E. Rivkin (man), Craig Wood (man)
Music by
Hans Zimmer (man)
Production design by
Rick Heinrichs (man)
Costumes by
Liz Dann (woman), Penny Rose (woman)
Cast by
Denise Chamian (woman), Priscilla John (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Other crew

    5 women, 93 men, 14 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    6 women, 7 men, 13 not listed

  • Production

    2 women, 11 men, 3 not listed

  • Visual Effects

    0 women, 10 men, 3 not listed

  • Sound

    3 women, 8 men, 1 not listed

  • Directing

    4 women, 6 men

  • Art

    2 women, 7 men

  • Writing

    0 women, 7 men

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 22 on average. Men: 45 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Keira Knightley 22

Men

Orlando Bloom 30, Jack Davenport 34, Mackenzie Crook 35, Johnny Depp 43, Lee Arenberg 44, Kevin McNally 51, Geoffrey Rush 55, Bill Nighy 57, Jonathan Pryce 59

Exhibit H: the money

It made 3.2 times what it cost.

Budget
$300 million
Box office
$962 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 140 scenes and 1,097 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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