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The Entity

1983. Directed by Sidney J. Furie, written by Frank De Felitta.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    12 women characters. 6 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 7 scenes out of 143.
  3. Yes 3. About something besides a man
    In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

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The film

Faced with an inexplicable supernatural incident, as if struggling to make ends meet and getting her life back on track wasn't enough, Carla Moran, a single mother of three, finds herself with her back to the wall. After all, Carla is having difficulty telling the difference between fact and fantasy; what is more disturbing, however, is that she cannot find a logical explanation. For instance, no one can describe how the unseen assailant broke into her home. But the painful bruises in hard-to-reach parts of Carla's body don't lie. As the late-night paranormal attacks become increasingly violent and all attempts with psychotherapy fail, desperate Carla has no choice but to turn to parapsychology for shreds of hope. Is there, however, a way out of abstract evil? Can Carla defeat the Entity?

Released
04 Feb 1983
Genres
Drama, Horror
Rated
R
IMDb
6.7 / 10
Metascore
35 / 100
Awards
1 win & 2 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Carla 244 lines, woman
  2. Gary 120 lines, man
  3. Cindy 50 lines, woman
  4. Billy 39 lines, man
  5. Dr. Weber 36 lines, man
  6. Kraft 34 lines, man
  7. Jerry 33 lines, man
  8. Dr. Cooley 31 lines, woman
  9. Mehan 14 lines, man
  10. George 9 lines, man
Full cast, 28 people
  • Barbara Hershey as Carla Moran
  • Ron Silver as Phil Sneiderman
  • David Labiosa as Billy
  • George Coe as Dr. Weber
  • Margaret Blye as Cindy Nash
  • Jacqueline Brookes as Dr. Cooley
  • Richard Brestoff as Gene Kraft
  • Michael Alldredge as George Nash
  • Raymond Singer as Joe Mehan
  • Allan Rich as Dr. Walcott
  • Natasha Ryan as Julie
  • Melanie Gaffin as Kim
  • Alex Rocco as Jerry Anderson
  • Sully Boyar as Mr. Reisz
  • Tom Stern as Woody Browne
  • Curt Lowens as Dr. Wilkes
  • Paula Victor as Dr. Chevalier
  • Lee Wilkof as Dr. L. Hase
  • Deborah Stevenson as Intern
  • Mark Weiner as Intern
  • Lisa Gurley as Receptionist
  • Chris Howell as Guard
  • John Branagan as Student
  • Daniel Furie as Student
  • Amy Kirkpatrick as Student
  • Todd Kutches as Student
  • Pauline Arthur Lomas as Student
  • Renee Neimark as Nurse

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 143

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 300
4 to 600
7 to 926
10 to 1210
13 to 1566
16 to 1800
19 to 21128
22 to 24121
25 to 2798
28 to 3051
31 to 3331
34 to 3630
37 to 3962
40 to 42350
43 to 4535
46 to 4871
49 to 5113
52 to 5452
55 to 57120
58 to 6030
61 to 6350
64 to 6600
67 to 6910
70 to 7200
73 to 752218
76 to 781114
79 to 81811
82 to 8487
85 to 872532
88 to 9000
91 to 931216
94 to 9662
97 to 9950
100 to 102105
103 to 10566
106 to 108105
109 to 1111419
112 to 114631
115 to 117115
118 to 1201210
121 to 12357
124 to 126024
127 to 1291216
130 to 132012
133 to 13553
136 to 1381620
139 to 14100
142 to 14340

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: I think we'll leave after lunch. Thank you for all you've done, Cindy. CINDY: Are you sure you feel okay? CARLA: I feel fine. CINDY: {looks at her) I don't know. I've been think- ing, Carly. Maybe you should ‘move.
JULIE: Clown was lonely, Mommy. KIM: Pierre, too. CARLA: Well, you all heard that, didn't you?
CINDY: Hi, folks. Remember me? Carla's face softens. The girls rush up to Cindy. CARLA: -~ Cindy! CINDY: Got room for a weary traveller? CARLA: Cindy.
CARLA: Well, look at you all. CINDY: Hey, you're dressed already. Did you sleep okay? CARLA: Great. CINDY: Well, you'd better hurry. It's nearly eight. You go to work. I'll get the kids off and clean up. Here's your coffee.
CARLA: I hate laying all this on you. CINDY: We'll be back in an hour. I'll get a headache. Meanwhile, you stay here. You'll be safe here.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 52 are women's.

339 lines from women, 307 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

12 women and 15 men in the cast. 6 women and 12 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 9 of 657. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 26 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

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

Words spoken

Women speak 53% of the words (4,278), men 47% (3,803). Women have 52% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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

Exhibit F: behind the camera

1 of the 9 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 11% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Sidney J. Furie (man)
Written by
Frank De Felitta (man)
From the novel by
Frank De Felitta (man)
Produced by
Harold Schneider (man)
Shot by
Stephen H. Burum (man)
Edited by
Frank J. Urioste (man)
Music by
Charles Bernstein (man)
Production design by
Charles Rosen (man)
Cast by
Barbara Claman (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Other crew

    3 women, 14 men, 9 not listed

  • Art

    0 women, 7 men, 5 not listed

  • Sound

    0 women, 6 men, 2 not listed

  • Production

    1 women, 6 men

  • Costume & Make-Up

    1 women, 2 men, 3 not listed

  • Camera

    0 women, 2 men, 3 not listed

  • Visual Effects

    0 women, 1 men, 4 not listed

  • Directing

    0 women, 1 men, 3 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 43 on average. Men: 40 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Barbara Hershey 34, Margaret Blye 42, Jacqueline Brookes 52

Men

David Labiosa 20, Raymond Singer 33, Ron Silver 36, Michael Alldredge 41, George Coe 53, Allan Rich 56

Exhibit H: the money

It made 1.5 times what it cost.

Budget
$9 million
Box office
$13.3 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 143 scenes and 657 lines of dialogue. How the test works

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