Passes the Bechdel test
The Italian Job
2003. Directed by F. Gary Gray, written by Troy Kennedy Martin and Donna Powers and Wayne Powers.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 277. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Led by John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) and Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) a team is assembled for one last heist to steal $35 million in gold bars from a heavily guarded safe in Venice, Italy. After successfully pulling off the heist, a team member, Steve (Edward Norton), driven by greed and jealousy, arranges to take the gold for himself and eliminate the remaining members of the group. Thinking the team dead, he returns to Los Angeles with the gold. Charlie and the survivors of this betrayal follow Steve to L.A. to exact revenge against the traitor. Charlie enlists the help of John Bridger's daughter, Stella (Charlize Theron) - a professional safe cracker - to get revenge. With Stella and the hacking skills of Lyle (Seth Green), the explosives skills of "Left Ear" (Yasiin Bey), and the driving skills of "Handsome" Rob (Jason Statham) this new team plans and executes a daring heist that weaves through the freeways and subways of L.A.
- Released
- 30 May 2003
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7 / 10
- Metascore
- 68 / 100
- Awards
- 7 wins & 9 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Charlie 167 lines, man
- Stella 93 lines, woman
- Lyle 70 lines, man
- Handsome Rob 55 lines, man
- Steve 54 lines, man
- Half-Ear 40 lines, man
- John Bridger 24 lines, man
- Mashkov 21 lines, man
- Yevhen 18 lines, man
- Richard 9 lines, man
Full cast, 43 people
- Mark Wahlberg as Charlie Croker
- Charlize Theron as Stella Bridger
- Edward Norton as Steve
- Seth Green as Lyle
- Jason Statham as Handsome Rob
- Yasiin Bey as Left Ear
- Donald Sutherland as John Bridger
- Olek Krupa as Mashkov
- Boris Lee Krutonog as Yevhen
- Fausto Callegarini as Italian Guard
- Stefano Petronelli as Garbageman / Thug
- Fabio Scarpa as Garbageman / Thug
- Cristiano Bonora as Garbageman / Thug
- Tiberio Greco as Garbageman / Thug
- Jimmy Shubert as First Detective
- Tammi Cubilette as Second Detective
- Mary Portser as Stella's Receptionist
- Shawn Fanning as Shawn Fanning
- Christopher Moore Jr. as Young Left Ear
- Terrelle Jones as Kid on Left
- Valentine Ebunilo as Kid on Right
- Joel Homan as Young Charlie
- Erik Walker as Bully
- Scott Adsit as Actor Rehearsing In Car
- Julie Costello as Becky
- Oscar Nuñez as Security Guard
- Franky G as Wrench
- Marty Ryan as ATSAC Supervisor
- Aaron Speiser as Danielson
- Gawtti as Skinny Pete
- Melanie Jayne as Skinny Pete's Girl
- Kobra Devoux as Pete's Guard
- Gregory Scott Cummins as Ukranian
- Thomas Alexander as Vance
- Martin Morales as Valet
- Frank Nyi as ATSAC Employee
- Simon Rhee as Gold Truck Guard
- Merritt Yohnka as Gold Truck Driver
- Ryan B. Adams as Metro Conductor
- John Alden as Motorcycle Guard
- Gloria O'Brien as Handsome Rob's Policewoman
- Alfred Soltes as Left Ear's Butler
- Kelly Brook as Lyle's Girlfriend
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 6 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 277
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 to 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 13 to 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 to 24 | 0 | 11 |
| 25 to 30 | 0 | 9 |
| 31 to 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 to 42 | 36 | 49 |
| 43 to 48 | 4 | 5 |
| 49 to 54 | 1 | 7 |
| 55 to 60 | 3 | 28 |
| 61 to 66 | 0 | 4 |
| 67 to 72 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 to 78 | 0 | 8 |
| 79 to 84 | 2 | 30 |
| 85 to 90 | 0 | 3 |
| 91 to 96 | 1 | 32 |
| 97 to 102 | 5 | 5 |
| 103 to 108 | 9 | 15 |
| 109 to 114 | 0 | 3 |
| 115 to 120 | 3 | 18 |
| 121 to 126 | 7 | 40 |
| 127 to 132 | 3 | 12 |
| 133 to 138 | 1 | 3 |
| 139 to 144 | 0 | 3 |
| 145 to 150 | 10 | 45 |
| 151 to 156 | 0 | 21 |
| 157 to 162 | 0 | 11 |
| 163 to 168 | 0 | 9 |
| 169 to 174 | 0 | 2 |
| 175 to 180 | 1 | 0 |
| 181 to 186 | 0 | 7 |
| 187 to 192 | 1 | 5 |
| 193 to 198 | 0 | 2 |
| 199 to 204 | 0 | 3 |
| 205 to 210 | 1 | 3 |
| 211 to 216 | 4 | 4 |
| 217 to 222 | 1 | 2 |
| 223 to 228 | 0 | 1 |
| 229 to 234 | 0 | 1 |
| 235 to 240 | 0 | 3 |
| 241 to 246 | 0 | 0 |
| 247 to 252 | 0 | 5 |
| 253 to 258 | 0 | 1 |
| 259 to 264 | 0 | 0 |
| 265 to 270 | 0 | 16 |
| 271 to 276 | 0 | 3 |
| 277 to 277 | 6 | 6 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
STELLA: Buzz of the fluorescents throws me off. She's all yours. SECOND COP: Damn. Chris Perley couldn't crack it. Neither could Michael Hoyt. STELLA: Now you know who to call first.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.
108 lines from women, 487 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 22 men in the cast. 3 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 17 of 629.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 66 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 17% of the words (1,088), men 83% (5,272). Women have 18% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
Two women
3
Two men
47
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- F. Gary Gray (man)
- Written by
- Donna Powers (woman), Wayne Powers (man)
- Produced by
- Donald De Line (man), Suzanne Buirgy (woman)
- Shot by
- Wally Pfister (man)
- Edited by
- Richard Francis-Bruce (man), Christopher Rouse (man)
- Music by
- John Powell (man)
- Production design by
- Charles Wood (man)
- Cast by
- Sheila Jaffe (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
14 women, 41 men, 21 not listed
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Production
9 women, 10 men, 19 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 17 men, 6 not listed
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Art
3 women, 9 men, 10 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 12 men, 7 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 2 men, 7 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Charlize Theron 27
Men
Seth Green 29, Yasiin Bey 29, Mark Wahlberg 31, Edward Norton 33, Jason Statham 35, Boris Lee Krutonog 42, Olek Krupa 56, Donald Sutherland 67
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $176 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 277 scenes and 629 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
