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The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997. Directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

2 / 3

Fails

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    11 women characters. 5 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    Women do talk to each other.
  3. No 3. About something besides a man
    Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.

Second opinion

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

Poster for The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The film

A research team is sent to an island eighty-seven miles away from the previous home of Jurassic Park, to document and photograph the now liberated dinosaurs. However, InGen the BioEngineering company has sent another larger team to the same island to catch, sedate, and transport some dinosaurs to San Diego where they will be used in a new Jurassic Park location. But life always finds a way. Will both teams return to the mainland with successful findings? Or will another tragedy occur?

Released
22 May 1997
Genres
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Rated
PG-13
IMDb
6.6 / 10
Metascore
59 / 100
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 28 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Malcolm 155 lines, man
  2. Roland 97 lines, man
  3. Sarah 85 lines, woman
  4. Nick 64 lines, man
  5. Ludlow 57 lines, man
  6. Kelly 38 lines, woman
  7. Eddie 30 lines, man
  8. Juttson 23 lines, man
  9. Dieter 17 lines, man
  10. Hammond 15 lines, man
Full cast, 76 people
  • Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm
  • Julianne Moore as Sarah Harding
  • Pete Postlethwaite as Roland Tembo
  • Arliss Howard as Peter Ludlow
  • Richard Attenborough as John Hammond
  • Vince Vaughn as Nick Van Owen
  • Vanessa Lee Chester as Kelly Curtis
  • Peter Stormare as Dieter Stark
  • Harvey Jason as Ajay Sidhu
  • Richard Schiff as Eddie Carr
  • Thomas F. Duffy as Dr. Robert Burke
  • Joseph Mazzello as Tim
  • Ariana Richards as Lex
  • Thomas Rosales Jr. as Carter
  • Camilla Belle as Cathy Bowman
  • Cyd Strittmatter as Mrs. Bowman
  • Robin Sachs as Mr. Bowman
  • Ross Partridge as Curious Man
  • Ian Abercrombie as Butler
  • David Sawyer as Workman
  • Geno Silva as Barge Captain
  • Alejandro Miranda as Barge Captain's Son
  • Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc as InGen Helicopter Pilot
  • Bob Boehm as Cargo Helicopter Pilot
  • Bradley Jensen as Cargo Helicopter Pilot
  • Alan D. Purwin as Cargo Helicopter Pilot
  • Ben Skorstad as Cargo Helicopter Pilot
  • Rick Wheeler as Cargo Helicopter Pilot
  • Kenyon Williams as Cargo Helicopter Pilot
  • Christopher Caso as InGen Guard
  • Gordon Michaels as InGen Worker
  • J. Scott Shonka as InGen Worker
  • Harry Hutchinson as InGen Worker
  • Billy Brown as InGen Worker
  • Brian Turk as InGen Worker
  • Jim Harley as Harbor Master
  • Colton James as Benjamin
  • Carey Eidel as Benjamin's Dad
  • Katy Boyer as Benjamin's Mom
  • David Koepp as Unlucky Bastard
  • Eugene Bass Jr. as Attorney
  • Bari Buckner as Screaming Woman
  • Patricia Bethune as Screamer
  • David St. James as Screamer
  • Mark Brady as Screamer
  • Marjean Holden as Screamer
  • Jacqueline Schultz as Screamer
  • Domini Hofmann as Screamer
  • Thomas Stuart as Screamer
  • C. Ransom Walrod as Ship Driver
  • David Gene Gibbs as Police Helicopter Pilot
  • Michael N. Fujimoto as Asian Tourist
  • Paul Fujimoto as Asian Tourist
  • Darryl A. Imai as Asian Tourist
  • Darryl Oumi as Asian Tourist
  • Vincent Dee Miles as Screaming Hunter
  • Bernard Shaw as CNN Reporter / Bernard Shaw
  • Sean Michael Allen as Tourist #2 (uncredited)
  • Michael Chinyamurindi as Waiter (uncredited)
  • Tory Christopher as InGen Worker (uncredited)
  • Michael Fallavollita as Mechanic with wrench (uncredited)
  • Elliot Goldwag as Senior Board Member (uncredited)
  • Larry Guardino as Senior Board Member (uncredited)
  • Henry Kingi as Dinosaur Hunter (uncredited)
  • Brian Lally as Tourist #3 (uncredited)
  • David Lea as San Diego Pedestrian (uncredited)
  • J. Patrick McCormack as Board Member (uncredited)
  • Johnny Meyer as San Diego Pedestrian (uncredited)
  • Michael Milhoan as Obnoxious Tourist (uncredited)
  • Kenneth Moskow as Tourist #4 (uncredited)
  • Mark Pellegrino as Tourist #6 (uncredited)
  • Bob Quinn as Dock Construction Worker (uncredited)
  • Chad Randall as Hunter (uncredited)
  • Eli Roth as Subway Man (uncredited)
  • James Ryan as Hunter (uncredited)
  • Steven Spielberg as Popcorn-Eating Man (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 94

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 2140
3 to 409
5 to 606
7 to 8032
9 to 10013
11 to 121523
13 to 141428
15 to 1600
17 to 1877
19 to 2005
21 to 22513
23 to 24711
25 to 26823
27 to 28632
29 to 3004
31 to 32624
33 to 34019
35 to 3600
37 to 3802
39 to 40113
41 to 4210
43 to 4402
45 to 4656
47 to 4833
49 to 5026
51 to 5215
53 to 5445
55 to 56715
57 to 5839
59 to 60429
61 to 62533
63 to 6406
65 to 6614
67 to 68622
69 to 70310
71 to 72327
73 to 7409
75 to 7613
77 to 7825
79 to 8003
81 to 8200
83 to 8409
85 to 8606
87 to 8800
89 to 9001
91 to 92812
93 to 94412

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, 22 are women's.

146 lines from women, 506 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

11 women and 46 men in the cast. 5 women and 19 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 3 of 663. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 84 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

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

Words spoken

Women speak 21% of the words (1,456), men 79% (5,630). Women have 22% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

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

Exhibit E: behind the camera

2 of the 11 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Steven Spielberg (man)
Written by
David Koepp (man)
From the novel by
Michael Crichton (man)
Produced by
Colin Wilson (man), Gerald R. Molen (man)
Shot by
Janusz Kamiński (man)
Edited by
Michael Kahn (man)
Music by
John Williams (man)
Production design by
Rick Carter (man)
Cast by
Janet Hirshenson (woman), Jane Jenkins (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Other crew

    7 women, 51 men, 32 not listed

  • Sound

    7 women, 13 men, 6 not listed

  • Production

    6 women, 6 men, 10 not listed

  • Art

    1 women, 9 men, 9 not listed

  • Visual Effects

    0 women, 10 men, 4 not listed

  • Camera

    1 women, 6 men, 5 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    3 women, 0 men, 4 not listed

  • Directing

    1 women, 4 men, 2 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit F: how old the stars were

Women: 24 on average. Men: 47 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Vanessa Lee Chester 12, Julianne Moore 36

Men

Vince Vaughn 27, Richard Schiff 41, Arliss Howard 42, Peter Stormare 43, Jeff Goldblum 44, Pete Postlethwaite 51, Harvey Jason 57, Richard Attenborough 73

Exhibit G: the money

It made 8.5 times what it cost.

Budget
$73 million
Box office
$619 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 94 scenes and 663 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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