Fails the Bechdel test
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006. Directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio and Stuart Beattie.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
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 2 out of 3.
The film
Once again we're plunged into the world of sword fights and "savvy" pirates. Captain Jack Sparrow is reminded he owes a debt to Davy Jones, who captains the flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship, with a crew from hell. Facing the "locker" Jack must find the heart of Davy Jones but to save himself he must get the help of quick-witted Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. If that's not complicated enough, Will and Elizabeth are sentenced to hang, unless Will can get Lord Cutler Beckett Jack's compass. Will is forced to join another crazy adventure with Jack.
- Released
- 07 Jul 2006
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 53 / 100
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 45 wins & 54 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jack Sparrow 193 lines, man
- Will Turner 131 lines, man
- Elizabeth Swann 91 lines, woman
- Gibbs 83 lines, man
- Davy Jones 45 lines, man
- Pintel 37 lines, man
- Lord Cutler Beckett 34 lines, man
- Norrington 28 lines, man
- Ragetti 28 lines, man
- Tia Dalma 26 lines, woman
Full cast, 72 people
- Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
- 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
- Alex Norton as Captain Bellamy
- Lauren Maher as Scarlett
- Nej Adamson as Short Sailor
- Jimmy Roussounis as Large Sailor
- Moray Treadwell as Sunburned Sailor
- San Shella as Leech
- Jim Cody Williams as Fisherman (Montage)
- Michael Miranda as Cannibal Warrior
- Luke de Woolfson as Frightened Sailor
- Derrick O'Connor as Very Old Man
- Georges Trillat as Skinny Man
- Israel Aduramo as Crippled Man
- Gerry O'Brien as Irish Man
- Dermot Keaney as Maccus / Dutchman
- Clive Ashborn as Koleniko / Dutchman
- Robbie Gee as Shrimper (Montage)
- Neil Panlasigui as Cannibal Boy
- Matthew Bowyer as Sailor / Edinburgh
- Max Baker as Burser / Edinburgh
- Steve Speirs as Quartermaster / Edinburgh
- John Boswall as Wyvern
- Winston Ellis as Palafico / Dutchman
- Christopher Adamson as Jimmy Legs / Dutchman
- Andy Beckwith as Clacker / Dutchman
- Jonathan Linsley as Ogilvey / Dutchman
- Sylver as Shrimper's Brother
- Simon Meacock as Chaplain
- Natsuko Ohama as Cannibal Woman
- Josie Dapar as Cannibal Woman
- Vanessa Branch as Giselle
- David Sterne as Edinburgh Cook
- David Keyes as Scuttled Ship Helmsman
- Anthony Patricio as Cannibal
- Barry McEvoy as Carruthers Guard
- Michael Enright as Deckhand / Edinburgh
- Hernando "Sweepy" Molina as Sweepy
- John Mackie as Turkish Prisoner
- Spider Madison as Turkish Prisoner
- Bud Mathis as Turkish Prisoner
- Marco Khan as Turkish Guard
- David Zahedian as Turkish Guard
- Faouzi Brahimi as Turkish Guard
- Jonathan Limbo as Torch Native
- Ho-Kwan Tse as Ho-Kwan
- Reggie Lee as Headless
- LeJon Stewart as Lejon
- Christopher S. Capp as Parrot Voice (voice)
- Félix Castro as Moises
- Mike Haberecht as Kursar
- Rudolph McCollum as Matelot
- Gerard J. Reyes as Tearlach
- M. Scott Shields as Duncan
- Chris Sullivan as Ladbroc
- Craig Thomson as Crimp
- Fred Toft as Quartetto
- Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa
- Jerald Garner as Swamp Dweller
Who talks, scene by scene
We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 15 are women's.
121 lines from women, 672 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
6 women and 66 men in the cast. 5 women and 29 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 848.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 92 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 15% of the words (1,112), men 85% (6,071).
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
66
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Gore Verbinski (man)
- Written by
- Ted Elliott (man), Terry Rossio (man)
- Produced by
- Jerry Bruckheimer (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
- Penny Rose (woman)
- Cast by
- Denise Chamian (woman), Jesse Jam Miranda (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
8 women, 63 men, 32 not listed
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Production
6 women, 12 men, 17 not listed
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Sound
6 women, 20 men, 7 not listed
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Art
5 women, 16 men, 9 not listed
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Visual Effects
3 women, 13 men, 14 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
8 women, 5 men, 13 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 7 men, 9 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 21 on average. Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Keira Knightley 21
Men
Orlando Bloom 29, Jack Davenport 33, Mackenzie Crook 34, Johnny Depp 43, Lee Arenberg 43, Kevin McNally 50, Bill Nighy 56, Jonathan Pryce 59, David Bailie 68
Exhibit G: the money
It made 5.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $200 million
- Box office
- $1.1 billion
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 848 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
