Passes the Bechdel test

The Faculty

Name: The Faculty
Released: 1998

1998. Directed by Robert Rodriguez, written by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel and Kevin Williamson.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
15 women characters. 20 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 70.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3, though someone marked that rating as dubious.

The film

A horror tale set in a High School where the students suspect the teaching staff of being aliens, who are intent on making the students their victims.

Released: 25 Dec 1998
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.6 / 10
Metascore: 61 / 100
Awards: 11 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Pacey 122 lines, man
Stan 76 lines, man
Zeke 74 lines, man
Stokely 60 lines, woman
Marybeth 25 lines, woman
Principal Drake 20 lines, woman
Storely 19 lines
Coach Willis 18 lines, man
Delilah 13 lines, woman
Mrs. Olson 12 lines, woman

Full cast, 47 people

Josh Hartnett as Zeke
Elijah Wood as Casey
Jordana Brewster as Delilah
Clea DuVall as Stokely
Shawn Hatosy as Stan
Laura Harris as Marybeth
Robert Patrick as Coach Willis
Bebe Neuwirth as Principal Drake
Famke Janssen as Miss Burke
Piper Laurie as Mrs. Olson
Salma Hayek Pinault as Nurse Harper
Jon Stewart as Mr. Furlong
Daniel von Bargen as Mr. Tate
Susan Willis as Mrs. Brummel
Christopher McDonald as Casey's Dad
Libby Villari as Casey's Mom
Usher as Gabe
Jon Abrahams as F*%# You Boy
Summer Phoenix as F*%# You Girl
Danny Masterson as F*%# Up #1
Wiley Wiggins as F*%# Up #2
Pete Janssen as Meat
Tina Rodriguez as Tattoo Girl
Harry Jay Knowles as Mr. Knowles
Donna Casey as Tina
Louis Black as Mr. Lewis
Eric Jungmann as Freshman #1
Chris Viteychuk as Freshman #2
Jim Johnston as P.E. Teacher
Duane Martin as Officer #1
Katherine Willis as Officer #2
Mike Lutz as Hornet Mascot
Douglas Aarniokoski as Brun Coach
Michelle Fairbanks as Student (uncredited)
Kidada Jones as Venus (uncredited)
Heath Young as Student / Football Fan (uncredited)
Michael Bliss as News Camera Man (uncredited)
R.C. Keene as Football Fan (uncredited)
Eric Vespe as Geek (uncredited)
Brad Schreiber as Hornet Football Player (uncredited)
Tony Tamayo as Football Game Attendee (uncredited)
Cassandra L. Small as School Office Clerk (uncredited)
Rick Olmos as Football Fan (uncredited)
Dannie Helen Loraine Knowles as Tatooed Pierced Girl #2 (uncredited)
Jason May as Biology Student (uncredited)
Jarrell Jay Knowles as Football Fan (uncredited)
Ray Melendez as Student (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 29% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 70

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	1
3 to 4	2	0
5 to 6	12	7
7 to 8	8	17
9 to 10	3	4
11 to 12	4	10
13 to 14	8	1
15 to 16	3	30
17 to 18	1	4
19 to 20	3	5
21 to 22	5	5
23 to 24	6	10
25 to 26	12	12
27 to 28	0	1
29 to 30	2	4
31 to 32	7	11
33 to 34	16	33
35 to 36	5	8
37 to 38	2	7
39 to 40	13	49
41 to 42	6	12
43 to 44	0	0
45 to 46	1	1
47 to 48	14	28
49 to 50	2	5
51 to 52	2	11
53 to 54	0	1
55 to 56	5	11
57 to 58	2	2
59 to 60	3	2
61 to 62	0	0
63 to 64	2	4
65 to 66	6	10
67 to 68	20	22
69 to 70	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.

DELILAH: Hi Stokely, are you seducing the new students again? {to Marybeth} ms : Hi, I'm Dalilah. Happy toa have you at Jefferson. Oh, Stokely, love … STOKELY: Fusk you, gutter slut. paan doesn't Zlinch. she flashes Stokely a covargixrl s Be

PRINCIPAL DRAKE: Let's go back to my office. DELILAH: Thera's no time. We gatta get outta here,

DELILAH: “Let me get this straight, we‘re depending = on a work of fietion to save our Lives? Opr real and breathing lives? Is that” what I’m hearing… STOKELY: Yeah. . DELILAH: We're dead. Cy é70

STOKELY: We know who you are. PRINCIPAL DRAKE: You're in a lot of trouble. All of you. PRENCIPAL DRAKE: No, please. What are you doing? Put that away,

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 35 are women's.

182 lines from women, 336 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

15 women and 23 men in the cast. 20 women and 20 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 726. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 31 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 35% of the words (2,117), men 65% (3,992).

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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

4 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 35% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Robert Rodriguez (man)
Written by: Kevin Williamson (man)
Story by: David Wechter (man), Bruce Kimmel (man)
Produced by: Elizabeth Avellan (woman), Tamara Smith (woman), Robert Rodriguez (man)
Shot by: Enrique Chediak (man)
Edited by: Robert Rodriguez (man)
Music by: Marco Beltrami (man)
Production design by: Cary White (man)
Costumes by: Michael T. Boyd (gender not listed)
Cast by: Anne McCarthy (woman), Mary Vernieu (woman)