Fails the Bechdel test
The Last Castle
2001. Directed by Rod Lurie, written by David Scarpa and Graham Yost.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
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
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.
The film
Robert Redford stars in this action drama as General Irwin, a respected three-star tactician whose career ends in disgrace when he's court-martialed and sent to The Castle, a maximum security military prison. Irwin quickly butts heads with the facility's autocratic warden, Colonel Winter (James Gandolfini), who runs his command with an iron fist, even killing prisoners when he deems it necessary. Irwin rallies his fellow convicts into a rag-tag army and leads them in a revolt against Winter, an action that the warden is ready to repel by violent means.
- Released
- 19 Oct 2001
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7 / 10
- Metascore
- 43 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Yates 141 lines, man
- Colonelwinter 132 lines, man
- Generalirwin 132 lines, man
- Lt. Peretz 67 lines, man
- General Irwin 62 lines, man
- Cyrus 43 lines, man
- Lt. Gen. Wheeler 42 lines, man
- Dellwo 37 lines, man
- Aguilar 31 lines, man
- Doc 27 lines, man
Full cast, 42 people
- Robert Redford as Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin
- James Gandolfini as Col. Winter
- Mark Ruffalo as Yates
- Delroy Lindo as Gen. Wheeler
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Cp. Ramov Aguilar
- Kristen Shaw as Clerk (Staff Sgt.)
- Paul Calderon as Dellwo
- Brian Goodman as Beaupre
- Steve Burton as Cap. Peretz
- Sam Ball as Duffy
- Jeremy Childs as Cutbush
- George W. Scott as Thumper
- Steve Sandfort as Inmate
- Michael Irby as Enriquez
- Frank Military as Doc
- Nick Kokich as Pvt. Niebolt
- David Alford as Corp. Zamorro
- Dean Hall as Harris
- Peg Allen as Secretary (Kelly)
- Rick Vito as Red Team Leader
- Maurice Bullard as Sgt. McLaren
- Forrest D. Bradford as Simmons
- Scott Michael as Gunton
- Dean Miller as Carvelli
- Michael Q. Davis as Honor Guard
- Joe Keenan as Trustee / Lester
- David Chattam as Wheeler's Aide
- Dan Cole as Trustee #2
- Hans Mooy as Sgt. Moore
- James-Justone-Thomas as Rapper
- Jamie Roberto Mantecon as Inmate
- Jeffery G. Fagan as Inmate
- Lyon Fleming as Inmate
- Darius Willis as Inmate
- Rico Moody as Inmate
- Rocky Abou-Sakher as Inmate
- Sean Cameron as Guard
- Mary Jean Bentley as Visitor
- Robin Wright as Rosalie Irwin (uncredited)
- Michael Dinwiddie as Guard / Red Team / Color Guard (uncredited)
- Karen Espenant as Reporter in the Press Crowd (uncredited)
- Michelle Way as Color Guard / Prison guard (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 6 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 254
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 to 12 | 0 | 27 |
| 13 to 18 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 to 24 | 0 | 29 |
| 25 to 30 | 0 | 22 |
| 31 to 36 | 0 | 26 |
| 37 to 42 | 0 | 33 |
| 43 to 48 | 0 | 48 |
| 49 to 54 | 0 | 37 |
| 55 to 60 | 0 | 22 |
| 61 to 66 | 0 | 42 |
| 67 to 72 | 0 | 33 |
| 73 to 78 | 0 | 33 |
| 79 to 84 | 0 | 10 |
| 85 to 90 | 0 | 5 |
| 91 to 96 | 1 | 17 |
| 97 to 102 | 0 | 30 |
| 103 to 108 | 0 | 38 |
| 109 to 114 | 1 | 17 |
| 115 to 120 | 0 | 5 |
| 121 to 126 | 0 | 19 |
| 127 to 132 | 0 | 92 |
| 133 to 138 | 0 | 13 |
| 139 to 144 | 1 | 0 |
| 145 to 150 | 0 | 21 |
| 151 to 156 | 0 | 7 |
| 157 to 162 | 0 | 1 |
| 163 to 168 | 0 | 3 |
| 169 to 174 | 0 | 4 |
| 175 to 180 | 0 | 6 |
| 181 to 186 | 0 | 3 |
| 187 to 192 | 0 | 3 |
| 193 to 198 | 0 | 0 |
| 199 to 204 | 0 | 3 |
| 205 to 210 | 0 | 5 |
| 211 to 216 | 0 | 3 |
| 217 to 222 | 0 | 13 |
| 223 to 228 | 0 | 32 |
| 229 to 234 | 0 | 30 |
| 235 to 240 | 0 | 27 |
| 241 to 246 | 0 | 5 |
| 247 to 252 | 0 | 15 |
| 253 to 254 | 0 | 5 |
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, 0 are women's.
3 lines from women, 806 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
6 women and 21 men in the cast. 2 women and 16 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 429 of 861.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 428 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 0% of the words (12), men 100% (9,917).
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
73
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 14% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Rod Lurie (man)
- Written by
- David Scarpa (man), Graham Yost (man)
- Story by
- David Scarpa (man)
- Produced by
- Robert Lawrence (man)
- Shot by
- Shelly Johnson (man)
- Edited by
- Kevin Stitt (man), Michael Jablow (man)
- Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith (man)
- Production design by
- Kirk M. Petruccelli (man)
- Costumes by
- Ha Nguyen (woman)
- Cast by
- Mary Jo Slater (woman), Deborah Aquila (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
0 women, 39 men, 5 not listed
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Production
6 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 3 men
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Directing
0 women, 2 men
-
Editing
0 women, 2 men
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Men
Sam Ball 28, Clifton Collins Jr. 31, Steve Burton 31, Mark Ruffalo 33, Brian Goodman 38, James Gandolfini 40, Delroy Lindo 48, Paul Calderon 49, Robert Redford 65
Exhibit G: the money
It made 38% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $72 million
- Box office
- $27.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 254 scenes and 861 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
