Fails the Bechdel test
Rush
2013. Directed by Ron Howard, written by Peter Morgan.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 3 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 1 out of 3.
The film
Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing in the 1970s, the film is based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry between handsome English playboy James Hunt (Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Bruhl). The story follows their distinctly-different personal styles on and off the track, their loves, and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error: if you make a mistake, you die.
- Released
- 27 Sep 2013
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 74 / 100
- Awards
- Won 1 BAFTA Award. 6 wins & 67 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- James 200 lines, man
- Niki 155 lines, man
- Hesketh 38 lines, man
- Suzy 34 lines, woman
- Marlene 30 lines, woman
- Caldwell 24 lines, man
- Bubbles 22 lines, man
- Caption 22 lines
- Nurse 18 lines
- Mayer 16 lines, man
Full cast, 81 people
- Chris Hemsworth as James Hunt
- Daniel Brühl as Niki Lauda
- Olivia Wilde as Suzy Miller
- Alexandra Maria Lara as Marlene Lauda
- Pierfrancesco Favino as Clay Regazzoni
- David Calder as Louis Stanley
- Natalie Dormer as Nurse Gemma
- Stephen Mangan as Alastair Caldwell
- Christian McKay as Lord Hesketh
- Alistair Petrie as Stirling Moss
- Colin Stinton as Teddy Mayer
- Julian Rhind-Tutt as Anthony 'Bubbles' Horsley
- Jamie de Courcey as Harvey 'Doc' Postlethwaite
- Augusto Dall'Ara as Enzo Ferrari
- Ilario Calvo as Luca Di Montezemolo
- Patrick Baladi as John Hogan
- Vincent Riotta as Lauda's Mechanic
- Martin Savage as McLaren Mechanic
- Jamie Sives as BRM Mechanic
- Simon Taylor as English Race Announcer
- Rob Austin as Brett Lunger
- Tom Wlaschiha as Harold Ertl
- Cristian Solimeno as Arturo Merzario
- James Norton as Guy Edwards
- Joséphine de la Baume as Agnes Bonnet
- Geoffrey Streatfeild as Peter Hunt
- Julien Vialon as Peter Metternich
- Douglas Reith as Awards Presenter
- Polly Furnival as Hunt's Awards Girlfriend
- Brooke Johnston as Pan Am Stewardess
- Hannah Britland as BOAC Stewardess
- Lisa McAllister as BOAC Stewardess
- Hans-Eckart Eckhardt as Lauda's Grandfather
- Vanessa Zachos as Female Hunt Fan
- Xavier Laurent as Test Driver
- Val Jobara as Test Driver
- Zack Eisaku Niizato as Hasemi
- Akira Koieyama as Takahara
- Klaus D. Mund as Niki's German Doctor
- Folker Banik as German Doctor
- Andreas Engelmann as German Priest
- Christopher Wolert as German Fan
- Jochen Kolenda as German GP Marshall
- Roger Nevares as Spanish Official
- Vanda Dadras as Guest of Curd Jürgens
- Raffaello Degruttola as Giovanni
- Luca Zizzari as Italian Passenger
- Alastair Caldwell as FIA Official
- Alan Bayer as French Photographer
- Joe Ferrara as Brazilian Commentator
- Bob Constanduros as Crystal Palace Race Announcer
- Christian Feist as German Race Announcer
- Marco Canadea as Italian Race Announcer
- Eiji Mihara as Japanese Announcer
- Demetri Goritsas as American Journalist
- Jay Simpson as British Journalist
- Philippe Spall as French Journalist
- Erich Redman as German Journalist
- Marcello Walton as Italian Journalist
- Masashi Fujimoto as Japanese Journalist
- Roberto Cavazos as Spanish Journalist
- Paulo Barone as Ferrari Mechanic
- Francesco Fronte as Ferrari Mechanic
- Morris Morrison as Ferrari Mechanic
- Luca Naddeo as Ferrari Mechanic
- Marco Napoli as Ferrari Mechanic
- Cristian Stelluti as Ferrari Mechanic
- Scott Hopkins as McLaren Mechanic
- Matthew Watkinson as McLaren Mechanic
- Anthony Wolfe as McLaren Mechanic
- Jeremy Wolfe as McLaren Mechanic
- Mark Postgate as McLaren Mechanic
- Eddie Bagayawa as Press Cameraman (uncredited)
- Lee Nicholas Harris as Paramedic USA (uncredited)
- Michael Vardian as German Press Officer (uncredited)
- Niki Lauda as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Joanna Finata as Italian Spectator (uncredited)
- Daniel Chapple as German Police Officer (uncredited)
- James Hunt as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Shaz Lancaster as Celebrity Race Guest (uncredited)
- Dennis Vehlen as Spectator (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 156
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 31 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 to 28 | 8 | 38 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 17 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 16 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 11 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 25 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 30 |
| 49 to 52 | 13 | 24 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 6 |
| 57 to 60 | 2 | 15 |
| 61 to 64 | 23 | 19 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 22 |
| 69 to 72 | 12 | 24 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 29 |
| 77 to 80 | 1 | 8 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 18 |
| 85 to 88 | 6 | 7 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 2 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 5 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 to 104 | 3 | 5 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 27 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 8 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 3 |
| 117 to 120 | 1 | 3 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 19 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 21 |
| 129 to 132 | 5 | 12 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 2 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 15 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 2 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 3 |
| 149 to 152 | 2 | 16 |
| 153 to 156 | 1 | 27 |
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, 12 are women's.
77 lines from women, 561 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
9 women and 53 men in the cast. 3 women and 31 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 122 of 708.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 121 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 9% of the words (713), men 91% (6,800). Women have 12% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
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
50
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 15 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 14% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Ron Howard (man)
- Written by
- Peter Morgan (man)
- Produced by
- Ron Howard (man), Brian Oliver (man), Eric Fellner (man), Peter Morgan (man), Andrew Eaton (man), Brian Grazer (man)
- Shot by
- Anthony Dod Mantle (man)
- Edited by
- Daniel P. Hanley (man), Mike Hill (man)
- Music by
- Hans Zimmer (man)
- Production design by
- Mark Digby (man)
- Costumes by
- Julian Day (man)
- Cast by
- Nina Gold (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
2 women, 15 men, 7 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 7 men
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Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Visual Effects
2 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
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Art
1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Olivia Wilde 29, Natalie Dormer 31, Alexandra Maria Lara 34
Men
Chris Hemsworth 30, Daniel Brühl 35, Christian McKay 39, Alistair Petrie 42, Pierfrancesco Favino 44, Stephen Mangan 45, David Calder 67
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $38 million
- Box office
- $90.2 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 156 scenes and 708 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
