Passes the Bechdel test
State and Main
2001. Directed by David Mamet, written by David Mamet.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
12 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 80. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Having left New Hampshire over excessive demands by the locals, the cast and crew of "The Old Mill" moves their movie shoot to a small town in Vermont. However, they soon discover that The Old Mill burned down in 1960, the star can't keep his pants zipped, the starlet won't take her top off, and the locals aren't quite as easily conned as they appear.
- Released
- 12 Jan 2001
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 75 / 100
- Awards
- 7 wins & 8 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Joe 232 lines, man
- Walt 209 lines, man
- Ann 203 lines, woman
- Marty 114 lines, man
- Doug 91 lines, man
- Bob 66 lines, man
- Claire 59 lines, woman
- First A.D 44 lines
- Bill 32 lines, man
- Carla 31 lines, woman
Full cast, 57 people
- Alec Baldwin as Bob Berrenger
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Joseph Turner White
- Charles Durning as Mayor George Bailey
- Clark Gregg as Doug Mackenzie
- Patti LuPone as Sherry Bailey
- William H. Macy as Walt Price
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Claire Wellesley
- David Paymer as Marty Rossen
- Julia Stiles as Carla
- Rebecca Pidgeon as Ann
- Jim Frangione as Tommy Max
- Vincent Guastaferro as Uberto Pazzi-Sforzo
- Michael Higgins as Doc Wilson
- Ricky Jay as Jack
- Lionel Mark Smith as Bill Smith
- Matt Malloy as Hotel Clerk
- Christopher Kaldor as Officer Cal Thompkin
- Michael Bradshaw as Priest
- Morris Lamore as Bunky
- Allen Soule as Spud
- Tony V. as Water Delivery Man
- Tony Mamet as Electrician
- Jack Wallace as Bellhop
- Michael James O'Boyle as Chuckie
- Charlotte Potok as Maude
- Frederic Levy as Gun Store Owner
- J.J. Johnston as Stationmaster
- Richard L. Friedman as Postman
- Kolbie McCabe as Girl on Scooter
- Emma Norman as Fisherwoman
- Dee Nelson as Decorator
- Brian Howe as Bartender
- Robert E. Walsh as Trooper #1
- G. Roy Levin as Salesman with Rubber Duck
- Matthew Pidgeon as B.B.G. TV Reporter
- Danny Hovanesian as Bailiff
- Jerry Graff as Fake Judge
- Timothy Jernigan-Smith as Billy on Bike
- Paul Butler as Real Judge
- Alexandra Kerry as Television Director
- Ken Cheeseman as Trooper #2
- Jordan Lage as Doc Morten
- Linda Kimbrough as Courteney
- Lana Bilzerian as Girl PA
- Laura Silverman as Secretary
- Josh Marchette as Production Assistant
- Jonathan Katz as Howie Gold
- Sean Patrick Reilly as Loop
- Chris De Christopher as Painter 1 (uncredited)
- Darrell Geer as Vermont State Trooper (uncredited)
- John Krasinski as Judge's Assistant (uncredited)
- David Lauren as News Producer (uncredited)
- Cindy Lentol as Reporter (uncredited)
- Kevin Foster McCarthy as Airport Van Driver (uncredited)
- Todd Poudrier as Production Assistant (uncredited)
- Alan Francis Sullivan as Vermont State Trooper (uncredited)
- Kate Super as Production Assistant (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 80
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 to 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 to 10 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 to 12 | 1 | 69 |
| 13 to 14 | 11 | 23 |
| 15 to 16 | 30 | 56 |
| 17 to 18 | 22 | 18 |
| 19 to 20 | 23 | 25 |
| 21 to 22 | 4 | 17 |
| 23 to 24 | 12 | 15 |
| 25 to 26 | 16 | 41 |
| 27 to 28 | 11 | 14 |
| 29 to 30 | 9 | 31 |
| 31 to 32 | 16 | 18 |
| 33 to 34 | 11 | 48 |
| 35 to 36 | 16 | 18 |
| 37 to 38 | 16 | 14 |
| 39 to 40 | 11 | 9 |
| 41 to 42 | 25 | 43 |
| 43 to 44 | 8 | 42 |
| 45 to 46 | 3 | 62 |
| 47 to 48 | 21 | 16 |
| 49 to 50 | 6 | 10 |
| 51 to 52 | 7 | 36 |
| 53 to 54 | 4 | 17 |
| 55 to 56 | 4 | 23 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 14 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 9 |
| 61 to 62 | 8 | 8 |
| 63 to 64 | 8 | 47 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 7 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 11 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 12 |
| 73 to 74 | 3 | 1 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 38 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 2 |
| 79 to 80 | 7 | 8 |
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.
CARLA: Hi, Annie. ANN: Morning, Carla.
MAUDE: I know 'em, I don't know what order they come in... ANN: We'll work it out.
CARLA: I think that they're nice. ANN: I'm sure they are.
ANN: It occurred to me, you'd wanna have this: sort of a memento of our... CLAIRE: Hi. I hope I'm not disturbing...
SHERRY: ...a blight, a blight and an obscenity...that's good English, isn't it? How's that for entertainment? ANN: What are you going to do?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 27 are women's.
327 lines from women, 890 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
12 women and 35 men in the cast. 6 women and 17 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 10 of 1,345.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 77 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 21% of the words (2,272), men 79% (8,726). Women have 27% 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
8
Two men
74
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 9 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Mamet (man)
- Written by
- David Mamet (man)
- Produced by
- Sarah Green (woman)
- Shot by
- Oliver Stapleton (man)
- Edited by
- Barbara Tulliver (woman)
- Music by
- Theodore Shapiro (man)
- Production design by
- Gemma Jackson (woman)
- Costumes by
- Susan Lyall (woman)
- Cast by
- Avy Kaufman (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
3 women, 19 men, 7 not listed
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Production
9 women, 7 men, 12 not listed
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Art
5 women, 8 men, 14 not listed
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Other crew
3 women, 10 men, 14 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 8 men, 10 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 5 men, 6 not listed
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Lighting
1 women, 4 men, 6 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 35 on average. Men: 48 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Julia Stiles 19, Rebecca Pidgeon 34, Sarah Jessica Parker 35, Patti LuPone 51
Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman 33, Clark Gregg 38, Alec Baldwin 42, David Paymer 45, William H. Macy 50, Charles Durning 77
Exhibit H: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- Not listed
- Box office
- $9.2 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 80 scenes and 1,345 lines of dialogue. How the test works
