Fails the Bechdel test
The Program
1993. Directed by David S. Ward, written by David S. Ward and Aaron Latham.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
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
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
A college football coach is told by his bosses that unless they do better this season it could be his last. To bolster the team he recruits a talented tail back. A female student is assigned to help him assimilate with college life and that includes doing his studies because he spent his whole life just playing football. And he finds himself attracted to her and she already has a boyfriend who is also on the team but he might be more concern about losing his position than losing her to him. And the coach has to deal with his other players' situations like the team's quarterback who deals with his father being distant by drinking and it eventually gets him in trouble. And one of the team's defensive players is obviously using steroids but passes the drug tests.
- Released
- 24 Sep 1993
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 51 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Winters 133 lines, man
- Joe 131 lines, man
- Darnell 99 lines, man
- Camille 66 lines, woman
- Autumn 60 lines, woman
- Alvin 44 lines, man
- Lattimer 25 lines, man
- Bud 16 lines, man
- Clayton 16 lines, man
- Louanne 15 lines, woman
Full cast, 15 people
- James Caan as Sam Winters
- Halle Berry as Autumn Haley
- Omar Epps as Darnell Jefferson
- Craig Sheffer as Joe Kane
- Kristy Swanson as Camille Shafer
- Abraham Benrubi as Bud-Lite Kaminski
- Duane Davis as Alvin Mack
- Jon Pennell as Bobby Collins
- Andrew Bryniarski as Steve Lattimer
- Michael Flippo as Coach Humes
- Ernest Dixon as Coach Clayton
- Joey Lauren Adams as Louanne
- Leon Pridgen as Ray Griffen
- Tracy Fowler as Orderly
- George Rogers as Coach Myers
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 13% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 171
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 to 12 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 to 16 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 to 20 | 2 | 7 |
| 21 to 24 | 1 | 38 |
| 25 to 28 | 10 | 31 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 14 |
| 33 to 36 | 12 | 28 |
| 37 to 40 | 4 | 9 |
| 41 to 44 | 22 | 21 |
| 45 to 48 | 8 | 17 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 5 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 4 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 3 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 27 |
| 69 to 72 | 9 | 19 |
| 73 to 76 | 14 | 19 |
| 77 to 80 | 8 | 18 |
| 81 to 84 | 4 | 7 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 4 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 1 |
| 93 to 96 | 14 | 14 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 8 |
| 101 to 104 | 3 | 24 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 17 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 14 |
| 113 to 116 | 7 | 18 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 21 |
| 121 to 124 | 1 | 2 |
| 125 to 128 | 5 | 14 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 0 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 1 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 4 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 9 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 9 |
| 149 to 152 | 9 | 30 |
| 153 to 156 | 0 | 18 |
| 157 to 160 | 0 | 3 |
| 161 to 164 | 0 | 23 |
| 165 to 168 | 0 | 9 |
| 169 to 171 | 6 | 11 |
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, 21 are women's.
143 lines from women, 544 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 9 men in the cast. 3 women and 13 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 26 of 794.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 66 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 16% of the words (1,575), men 84% (8,178). Women have 21% 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
Two women
0
Two men
45
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 11 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David S. Ward (man)
- Written by
- David S. Ward (man), Aaron Latham (gender not listed)
- Produced by
- Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (man)
- Shot by
- Victor Hammer (man)
- Edited by
- Paul Seydor (man), Kimberly Ray (woman)
- Music by
- Michel Colombier (man)
- Production design by
- Albert Brenner (man)
- Costumes by
- Tom Bronson (man)
- Cast by
- Lynn Stalmaster (man)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
0 women, 4 men
-
Art
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 1 men
-
Directing
0 women, 2 men
-
Editing
1 women, 1 men
-
Writing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 25 on average. Men: 29 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kristy Swanson 23, Halle Berry 27
Men
Omar Epps 20, Abraham Benrubi 23, Duane Davis 23, Andrew Bryniarski 24, Jon Pennell 27, Craig Sheffer 33, James Caan 53
Exhibit G: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- Not listed
- Box office
- $23 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 171 scenes and 794 lines of dialogue. How the test works
