Fails the Bechdel test
The Jewel of the Nile
1985. Directed by Lewis Teague, written by Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner and Diane Thomas.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
In this sequel to "Romancing the Stone" Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but they are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. Joan accepts an invitation to go to some Middle Eastern country as a guest of a sheikh, but there she is abducted and finds herself involved with the "jewel". Jack and his new partner Ralph attempt to rescue her. They all go from one adventure to another... What is the story of this "jewel"?
- Released
- 11 Dec 1985
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 53 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jack 132 lines, man
- Joan 109 lines, woman
- Ralph 45 lines, man
- Jewel 32 lines, man
- Omar 29 lines, man
- Kital 10 lines, man
- Old Man 8 lines, man
- Voice 6 lines
- Gloria 4 lines, woman
- Pirate King 3 lines, man
Full cast, 35 people
- Michael Douglas as Jack T. Colton
- Kathleen Turner as Joan Wilder
- Danny DeVito as Ralph
- Spiros Focás as Omar
- Avner Eisenberg as Jewel
- Paul David Magid as Tarak
- Howard Jay Patterson as Barak
- Randall Edwin Nelson as Karak
- Samuel Ross Williams as Arak
- Timothy Daniel Furst as Sarak
- Hamid Fillali as Rachid
- Holland Taylor as Gloria
- Guy Cuevas as Le Vasseur
- Peter DePalma as Missionary
- Mark Daly Richards as Pirate
- Sadeke Colobanane as Nubian Chief
- Hyacinthe N'Iaye as Nubian Wrestler
- Daniel Peacock as Rock Promoter
- Benyahim Ahed as Omar Officer
- Alaoui Hassen as Station Master
- Makoula Ahmed as Ticket Seller
- Akasby Mohamed as Old Man in Suq
- Zaouia Abdelmajid as F-16 Pilot
- Ted Buffington as Fire Walker
- Flora Alberti as Society Matron
- Patricia Davidson as Society Matron
- Ziraoui Mustapha as Omar's Elite Guard
- Baji Abdelmajid as Omar's Elite Guard
- Kachela Mohammed as Omar's Elite Guard
- Mohamed Attifi as Omar's Elite Guard
- Ben Abadi Mohammed Fillali as Omar's Elite Guard
- Abdullatif Hilal as Omar's Elite Guard
- Carlo Martini as Extra unaccredited
- Hamid Ait Timaghrit as Thief
- Omero Capanna as Hitman
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 8
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 to 2 | 70 | 146 |
| 3 to 3 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 to 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 to 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 6 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 7 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 to 8 | 7 | 24 |
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, 30 are women's.
116 lines from women, 274 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
5 women and 29 men in the cast. 4 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 405.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 24 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 30% of the words (1,723), men 70% (4,004).
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
1
Two men
35
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 10 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 11% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Lewis Teague (man)
- Written by
- Mark Rosenthal (man), Lawrence Konner (man)
- Produced by
- Michael Douglas (man)
- Shot by
- Jan de Bont (man)
- Edited by
- Michael Ellis (man), Peter Boita (man)
- Music by
- Jack Nitzsche (man)
- Production design by
- Richard Dawking (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Emma Porteous (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 5 men
-
Production
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 3 men
-
Directing
0 women, 3 men
-
Writing
1 women, 2 men
-
Editing
0 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kathleen Turner 31
Men
Avner Eisenberg 36, Michael Douglas 40, Danny DeVito 40, Spiros Focás 47
Exhibit G: the money
It made 3.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $96.8 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 8 scenes and 405 lines of dialogue. How the test works
