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The Mummy

1999. Directed by Stephen Sommers, written by Stephen Sommers and Lloyd Fonvielle and Kevin Jarre.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    3 women characters. 2 of them speak.
  2. No 2. Who talk to each other
    Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
  3. No 3. About something besides a man
    Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.

Poster for The Mummy

The film

An English librarian called Evelyn Carnahan becomes interested in starting an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra. She gains the help of Rick O'Connell, after saving him from his death. What Evelyn, her brother Jonathan and Rick are unaware of is that another group of explorers are interested in the same dig. Unfortunately for everyone, this group ends up unleashing a curse which been laid on the dead High Priest Imhotep. Now 'The Mummy' is awake and it's going to take a lot more than guns to send him back to where he came from.

Released
07 May 1999
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rated
PG-13
IMDb
7.1 / 10
Metascore
49 / 100
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 24 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. O'Connell 215 lines, man
  2. Evelyn 176 lines, woman
  3. Jonathan 113 lines, man
  4. Beni 54 lines, man
  5. Curator 28 lines, man
  6. Imhotep 28 lines, man
  7. Ardeth Ray 24 lines, man
  8. Daniels 21 lines, man
  9. Henderson 21 lines, man
  10. Warden 20 lines, man
Full cast, 25 people
  • Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell
  • Rachel Weisz as Evelyn Carnahan
  • John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan
  • Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep
  • Patricia Velásquez as Anck-Su-Namun
  • Oded Fehr as Ardeth Bay
  • Kevin J. O'Connor as Beni Gabor
  • Jonathan Hyde as Allen Chamberlain
  • Erick Avari as Terence Bey
  • Stephen Dunham as Isaac Henderson
  • Corey Johnson as David Daniels
  • Mohammed Afifi as Hangman
  • Tuc Watkins as Bernard Burns
  • Omid Djalili as Gad Hassan
  • Bernard Fox as Winston Havelock
  • Aharon Ipalé as Seti I
  • Carl Chase as Hook
  • Abderrahim El Aadili as Camel Trader
  • Jake Arnott as Mummy
  • Mason Ball as Mummy
  • Isobel Brook as Mummy
  • James Traherne Burton as Mummy
  • Peter Chequer as Mummy
  • Porl Smith as Mummy
  • Ian Warner as Mummy

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 131

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 329
4 to 606
7 to 9134
10 to 121510
13 to 152539
16 to 181636
19 to 21830
22 to 2428
25 to 2719
28 to 3017
31 to 33324
34 to 36710
37 to 39312
40 to 4228
43 to 4567
46 to 48622
49 to 511122
52 to 54712
55 to 57921
58 to 6015
61 to 6303
64 to 6614
67 to 69113
70 to 7208
73 to 75927
76 to 78110
79 to 81521
82 to 84425
85 to 8702
88 to 9026
91 to 93818
94 to 96719
97 to 99016
100 to 102110
103 to 10513
106 to 10804
109 to 11124
112 to 114311
115 to 11702
118 to 12005
121 to 12304
124 to 126820
127 to 12903
130 to 13103

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, 24 are women's.

179 lines from women, 572 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

3 women and 22 men in the cast. 2 women and 14 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 9 of 767. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 30 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

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

Words spoken

Women speak 25% of the words (1,726), men 75% (5,062). Women have 24% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 12% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Stephen Sommers (man)
Written by
Stephen Sommers (man)
Produced by
James Jacks (man), Sean Daniel (man)
Shot by
Adrian Biddle (man)
Edited by
Bob Ducsay (man), Kelly Matsumoto (woman)
Music by
Jerry Goldsmith (man)
Production design by
Allan Cameron (man)
Costumes by
John Bloomfield (man)
Cast by
John Hubbard (man), Ros Hubbard (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Other crew

    3 women, 46 men, 19 not listed

  • Sound

    5 women, 18 men, 6 not listed

  • Production

    4 women, 9 men, 11 not listed

  • Art

    0 women, 10 men, 8 not listed

  • Camera

    0 women, 8 men, 10 not listed

  • Visual Effects

    2 women, 6 men, 10 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    1 women, 4 men, 8 not listed

  • Directing

    0 women, 5 men, 3 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit F: how old the stars were

Women: 29 on average. Men: 37 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Patricia Velásquez 28, Rachel Weisz 29

Men

Oded Fehr 28, Brendan Fraser 30, Stephen Dunham 34, Kevin J. O'Connor 35, John Hannah 36, Arnold Vosloo 36, Erick Avari 47, Jonathan Hyde 50

Exhibit G: the money

It made 5.2 times what it cost.

Budget
$80 million
Box office
$416 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 131 scenes and 767 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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