Fails the Bechdel test
The Crow: Salvation
2000. Directed by Bharat Nalluri, written by James O'Barr and Chip Johannessen.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 4 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
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
The third entry in 'The Crow' series follows Alex Corvis, who was framed for the murder of his girlfriend and is executed. he is then brought back from the dead by a crow when the legend says 'Love is stronger than death'. He returns to discover that a corrupt police force is behind her murder and for him to go after the killers, he must find out the mystery behind everything that happened.
- Released
- 28 Jun 2000
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Fantasy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 4.9 / 10
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Alex 146 lines, man
- Erin 78 lines, woman
- Captain 74 lines, man
- Walsh 32 lines, man
- Madden 29 lines, man
- Erlich 26 lines, man
- Randall 26 lines
- Dutton 20 lines, man
- Mercer 19 lines, man
- Tommy 18 lines, man
Full cast, 31 people
- Eric Mabius as Alex Corvis / The Crow
- Kirsten Dunst as Erin Randall
- Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Lauren Randall
- William Atherton as Nathan Randall
- Grant Shaud as Peter Walsh
- Bruce McCarty as Madden
- Dale Midkiff as Vincent Erlich
- Tim DeKay as Martin Toomey
- Walton Goggins as Stan Roberts
- Fred Ward as The Captain
- Debbie Fan as Barbara Chen
- David Jean Thomas as Mercer
- Gabrielle Woods as Old Woman
- David H. Stevens as Tommy Leonard
- Bill Mondy as Phillip Dutton
- Robby Robinson as Minister
- Tony Larimer as Warden
- Don Shanks as Guard #1
- Joey Miyashima as Radio Guard
- Kylee Cochran as Tracy
- Melanie Cotter as Jannie
- David Lea as Doorman
- Curley Green as Roll Call Sergeant
- Kelly Haren as Secretary
- Heather Ashton as Tommy's Wife
- Britt Leary as Stacey
- K.C. Clyde as Boyfriend
- Jeff Olson as Sergeant
- Britt Leary as Girl
- Benjamin Barton as Barfly (uncredited)
- Violet Blue as Young Stripper (uncredited)
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 127
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 11 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 to 36 | 1 | 7 |
| 37 to 39 | 4 | 10 |
| 40 to 42 | 14 | 7 |
| 43 to 45 | 3 | 22 |
| 46 to 48 | 9 | 30 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 18 |
| 52 to 54 | 5 | 1 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 5 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 8 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 11 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 12 |
| 67 to 69 | 6 | 9 |
| 70 to 72 | 2 | 21 |
| 73 to 75 | 5 | 0 |
| 76 to 78 | 6 | 4 |
| 79 to 81 | 1 | 17 |
| 82 to 84 | 8 | 19 |
| 85 to 87 | 12 | 30 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 to 93 | 13 | 28 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 3 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 9 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 3 |
| 103 to 105 | 4 | 6 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 16 |
| 109 to 111 | 8 | 25 |
| 112 to 114 | 3 | 3 |
| 115 to 117 | 2 | 2 |
| 118 to 120 | 0 | 2 |
| 121 to 123 | 0 | 1 |
| 124 to 126 | 6 | 10 |
| 127 to 127 | 3 | 0 |
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, 24 are women's.
120 lines from women, 389 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
6 women and 20 men in the cast. 4 women and 16 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 55 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 24% of the words (1,089), men 76% (3,438).
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
29
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 9 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Bharat Nalluri (man)
- Written by
- Chip Johannessen (man)
- Produced by
- Edward R. Pressman (man), Jeff Most (man)
- Shot by
- Carolyn Chen (woman)
- Edited by
- Luis Colina (man), Howard E. Smith (man)
- Music by
- Marco Beltrami (man)
- Cast by
- John Papsidera (man)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
3 women, 15 men, 8 not listed
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Production
1 women, 11 men, 6 not listed
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Other crew
4 women, 5 men, 7 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 11 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Art
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 19 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kirsten Dunst 17, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe 21
Men
Eric Mabius 28, Walton Goggins 28, Tim DeKay 36, Grant Shaud 38, Bruce McCarty 39, Dale Midkiff 40, William Atherton 52, Fred Ward 57
Exhibit G: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- Not listed
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 127 scenes and 566 lines of dialogue. How the test works
