Passes the Bechdel test
Stir of Echoes
1999. Directed by David Koepp, written by Richard Matheson and David Koepp.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 112. -
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
A man is hypnotized at a party by his sister-in law. He soon has visions and dreams of a ghost of a girl. Trying to avoid this, nearly pushes him to brink of insanity as the ghost wants something from him - to find out how she died. The only way he can get his life back is finding out the truth behind her death. The more he digs, the more he lets her in, the shocking truth behind her death puts his whole family in danger.
- Released
- 10 Sep 1999
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 67 / 100
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Tom 259 lines, man
- Maggie 143 lines, woman
- Philip 84 lines, man
- Frank 59 lines, man
- Jake 28 lines, man
- Adam 26 lines, man
- Kurt 26 lines, man
- Elizabeth 22 lines
- Dorothy 21 lines
- Harry 19 lines, man
Full cast, 26 people
- Kevin Bacon as Tom Witzky
- Kathryn Erbe as Maggie Witzky
- Illeana Douglas as Lisa Weil
- Zachary David Cope as Jake Witzky
- Kevin Dunn as Frank McCarthy
- Conor O'Farrell as Harry Damon
- Liza Weil as Debbie Kozac
- Lusia Strus as Sheila McCarthy
- Stephen Eugene Walker as Bobby
- Mary Kay Cook as Vanessa Damon
- Larry Neumann Jr. as Lenny
- Jennifer Morrison as Samantha Kozac
- Richard Cotovsky as Neighborhood Man
- Steve Rifkin as Kurt
- Chalon Williams as Adam
- George Ivey as Security Guard
- Lisa Lewis as Debbie's Mother
- Mike Bacarella as Train Station Cop #1
- Christian Stolte as Train Station Cop #2
- Eddie Bo Smith Jr. as Neil the Cop
- Hyowon K. Yoo as Korean Woman
- James Andelin as Elderly Man
- Karen Vaccaro as Upset Woman
- Antonio Polk as Homey
- Rosario Varela as Latin Woman
- Duane Sharp as Polish Priest
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 112
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 to 6 | 25 | 68 |
| 7 to 9 | 12 | 50 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 to 15 | 8 | 28 |
| 16 to 18 | 13 | 30 |
| 19 to 21 | 8 | 9 |
| 22 to 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 to 27 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 to 30 | 13 | 46 |
| 31 to 33 | 4 | 14 |
| 34 to 36 | 4 | 20 |
| 37 to 39 | 21 | 54 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 14 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 4 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 4 |
| 52 to 54 | 2 | 1 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 42 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 8 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 5 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 12 |
| 67 to 69 | 21 | 13 |
| 70 to 72 | 9 | 11 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 to 84 | 13 | 15 |
| 85 to 87 | 5 | 5 |
| 88 to 90 | 5 | 3 |
| 91 to 93 | 8 | 37 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 9 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 5 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 10 |
| 106 to 108 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 6 |
| 112 to 112 | 2 | 4 |
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.
VANESSA: I don't, but -- do Maggie. MAGGIE: Yeah, right.
VANESSA: That's what I'd do! That's exactly the kind of thing I'm afraid I'd do! MAGGIE: Hey Frank, you're the one who's so curious, why don't you-
MAGGIE: is questioning Sheila. MAGGIE: Did you ever hear of a girl named Samantha Muller? SHEILA: From over by Baldwin? MAGGIE: I think so.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 25 are women's.
184 lines from women, 545 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
10 women and 12 men in the cast. 4 women and 8 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 811.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 78 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 25% of the words (3,017), men 75% (9,122).
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
6
Two men
44
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Koepp (man)
- Written by
- David Koepp (man), Andrew Kevin Walker (man)
- From the novel by
- Richard Matheson (man)
- Produced by
- Judy Hofflund (woman), Gavin Polone (man)
- Shot by
- Fred Murphy (man)
- Edited by
- Jill Savitt (woman)
- Music by
- James Newton Howard (man)
- Production design by
- Nelson Coates (man)
- Costumes by
- Leesa Evans (woman)
- Cast by
- Mary Colquhoun (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
2 women, 19 men, 32 not listed
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Art
1 women, 7 men, 37 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 6 men, 34 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 23 men, 11 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 4 men, 28 not listed
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Production
11 women, 2 men, 10 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 2 men, 7 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 4 men, 7 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Liza Weil 22, Lusia Strus 29, Kathryn Erbe 34, Illeana Douglas 38
Men
Kevin Bacon 41, Kevin Dunn 43, Conor O'Farrell 43
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $21.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 112 scenes and 811 lines of dialogue. How the test works
