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The Civil Dead

2022. Directed by Clay Tatum, written by Clay Tatum and Whitmer Thomas.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    4 women characters. 3 of them speak.
  2. No 2. Who talk to each other
    Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
  3. No 3. About something besides a man
    Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

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Poster for The Civil Dead

The film

A misanthropic, struggling photographer just wants to watch TV and eat candy while his wife is out of town, but when a desperate old pal resurfaces, his plans are thwarted, with spooky consequences.

Released
17 Feb 2023
Genres
Comedy
IMDb
6.2 / 10
Metascore
66 / 100
Awards
1 win & 2 nominations
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Clay 313 lines, man
  2. Whit 206 lines, man
  3. Whitney 66 lines, woman
  4. Arnold 30 lines, man
  5. Budd 22 lines, man
  6. Wendy 18 lines
  7. Belle 12 lines, woman
  8. Charlie 12 lines
  9. Cole 11 lines, man
  10. Girl 10 lines, woman
Full cast, 15 people
  • Clay Tatum as Clay
  • Whitmer Thomas as Whit
  • Whitney Weir as Whitney
  • Budd Diaz as Budd
  • Robert Longstreet as Arnold
  • Anna Seregina as Cabin Couple
  • Chris Thayer as Cabin Couple
  • DeMorge Brown as Hippie
  • Christian Lee Hutson as Belle's Date
  • Teresa Lee as Belle
  • Anthony Oberbeck as Chucky
  • Megan Gailey as Renter
  • C.J. Toledano
  • Mitra Jouhari as Sydney/Cabin owner
  • Jeramy Ritchie as Deadpool Impersonator

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 129

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 31619
4 to 6010
7 to 935
10 to 12913
13 to 1546
16 to 181411
19 to 21011
22 to 2402
25 to 27023
28 to 3004
31 to 3300
34 to 36040
37 to 3908
40 to 42043
43 to 45015
46 to 4805
49 to 51021
52 to 54034
55 to 57468
58 to 60011
61 to 6335
64 to 66023
67 to 6900
70 to 7293
73 to 7500
76 to 7839
79 to 8159
82 to 8412
85 to 8700
88 to 9050
91 to 93421
94 to 9656
97 to 99317
100 to 102526
103 to 105033
106 to 108010
109 to 11100
112 to 114037
115 to 11749
118 to 120018
121 to 123031
124 to 12604
127 to 12902

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, 14 are women's.

97 lines from women, 614 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

4 women and 4 men in the cast. 3 women and 5 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 233 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

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

Words spoken

Women speak 11% of the words (770), men 89% (6,202). Women have 14% 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

Exhibit E: behind the camera

None of the 9 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 0% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Clay Tatum (gender not listed)
Written by
Clay Tatum (gender not listed), Whitmer Thomas (man)
Produced by
Clay Tatum (gender not listed), Whitmer Thomas (man)
Shot by
Joshua Hill (gender not listed)
Edited by
Clay Tatum (gender not listed)
Music by
Max Whipple (gender not listed)
Costumes by
Kaysie Bergens (gender not listed)

The crew, department by department

  • Production

    0 women, 1 men, 3 not listed

  • Sound

    0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed

  • Writing

    0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed

  • Camera

    0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed

  • Directing

    0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed

  • Editing

    0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit F: how old the stars were

Men: 40 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Men

Whitmer Thomas 33, Robert Longstreet 47

Exhibit G: the money

It made 1.1 times what it cost.

Budget
$30,000
Box office
$32,219

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 129 scenes and 755 lines of dialogue. How the test works

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