Passes the Bechdel test
The Other Side of the Wind
2018. Directed by Orson Welles, written by Orson Welles and Oja Kodar.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 3. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
A famed, and infamous, movie director, JJ Hannaford, dies in a car accident. He was about to release his latest movie and a documentary camera crew had been following him around in the days preceding his death. We see the events leading up to his death, the careers Hannaford destroyed, the enemies he made and his last film, The Other Side of the Wind.
- Released
- 02 Nov 2018
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 80 / 100
- Awards
- 9 wins & 8 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jake 112 lines, man
- Otterlake 73 lines, man
- Billy 38 lines, man
- Matt 36 lines, man
- Maggie 28 lines, woman
- Julie Rich 27 lines, woman
- Zimmer 26 lines, man
- Max David 21 lines, man
- The Baron 18 lines, man
- Zarah 18 lines, woman
Full cast, 78 people
- John Huston as J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
- Oja Kodar as The Actress
- Peter Bogdanovich as Brooks Otterlake
- Susan Strasberg as Juliette Rich
- Norman Foster as Billy Boyle
- Robert Random as Oscar 'John' Dale
- Lilli Palmer as Zarah Valeska
- Edmond O'Brien as Pat Mullins
- Mercedes McCambridge as Maggie Noonan
- Cameron Mitchell as Matt "Zimmie" Zimmer
- Paul Stewart as Matt Costello
- Gregory Sierra as Jack Simon
- Tonio Selwart as The Baron
- Dan Tobin as Dr. Bradley Pease Burroughs
- John Carroll as Lou Martin
- Stafford Repp as Marvin Pister
- Geoffrey Land as Max David
- Henry Jaglom as Henry Jaglom
- Paul Mazursky as Paul Mazursky
- Dennis Hopper as Dennis Hopper
- Curtis Harrington as Curtis Harrington
- Claude Chabrol as Claude Chabrol
- Stéphane Audran as Stéphane Audran
- George Jessel as George Jessel
- Peter Jason as Grover
- Joseph McBride as Charles Pister
- Pat McMahon as Marvin P. Fassbender
- Cathy Lucas as Mavis Henscher
- Angelo Rossitto as Angelo
- Howard Grossman as Charles Higgam
- Robert Aiken as Driver
- Gene Clark as Projectionist
- Larry Jackson as Roger
- Richard Wilson as Dick
- Gary Graver as Documentary Filmmaker
- Frank Marshall as Documentary Filmmaker
- Mike Ferris as Documentary Filmmaker
- Eric Sherman as Documentary Filmmaker
- Felipe Herba as Documentary Filmmaker
- Paul Hunt as Documentary Filmmaker
- Bill Weaver as Documentary Filmmaker
- Mark Turnball as Documentary Filmmaker
- Benny Rubin as Abe Vogel
- Cassie Yates as Martine
- Lillah Michaeltorena as Julie Rich's Assistant
- Teresa Nersesyan as Ice Cube Girl
- William Katt as Man in Bathroom Stall
- Richard Waltzer as Cineaste
- Louis Race as Cineaste
- Ron Charles as Cineaste
- Kevin Cloud Brechner as Cineaste
- Glenn Jacobson as Beard Man
- Rich Little as Party Guest
- Cameron Crowe as Party Guest
- Todd McCarthy as Party Guest
- Markene Kruse Smith as Party Guest
- June A. Flora as Party Guest
- Anna Thea Bogdanovich as Party Guest
- Frank Fiore as Party Guest
- Sally Bernstein as Party Guest
- Leslie Moonves as Party Guest
- Jack Boyce as Party Guest
- Avril Thorne as Party Guest
- Allen G. Norman as Party Guest
- Shaun Moeller as Party Guest
- Manfred Moeller as Party Guest
- William Essary as Party Guest
- Kathy Harris as Party Guest
- Wayne Voss as Party Guest
- Jean Jandel Pruett as Party Guest
- David F. Pruett as Party Guest
- Clive Miller as Party Guest
- Ted Culver as Party Guest
- Lawrence Lasker as Party Guest
- Cybill Shepherd as Woman in the Car (uncredited)
- Michel Duchaussoy as Michel Duchaussoy (uncredited)
- James Ragan as Cameraman / Reporter (uncredited)
- Orson Welles as Journalist (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 15% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 3
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 to 2 | 3 | 28 |
| 3 to 3 | 74 | 390 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
JULIE RICH: Call me Julie -- MAGGIE: Hi, Julie --
JULIE RICH: Neither are you... She doesn’t interest you at all. Funny, isn’t it? MAGGIE: A scream. JULIE RICH: I mean, look at the record -- the big starmaker’s never been so big females --
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 16 are women's.
80 lines from women, 422 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 39 men in the cast. 5 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 591.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 52 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 15% of the words (655), men 85% (3,601). Women have 16% 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
5
Two men
42
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Orson Welles (man)
- Written by
- Orson Welles (man), Oja Kodar (woman)
- Produced by
- Dominique Antoine (woman), Frank Marshall (man), Filip Jan Rymsza (man)
- Shot by
- Gary Graver (man)
- Edited by
- Orson Welles (man), Yves Deschamps (man), Jonathon Braun (gender not listed), Frank Marshall (man), Peter Bogdanovich (man), Affonso Gonçalves (man) and 2 more
- Music by
- Michel Legrand (man)
The crew, department by department
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Production
3 women, 7 men, 12 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 7 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Art
1 women, 1 men
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Directing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 91 on average. Men: 97 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Oja Kodar 77, Susan Strasberg 80, Mercedes McCambridge 102, Lilli Palmer 104
Men
Robert Random 73, Peter Bogdanovich 79, Cameron Mitchell 99, Edmond O'Brien 103, John Huston 112, Norman Foster 114
Exhibit H: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- Not listed
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 3 scenes and 591 lines of dialogue. How the test works
