Fails the Bechdel test
The Sandlot
1993. Directed by David Mickey Evans, written by David Mickey Evans and Robert Gunter.
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
Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepfather and wants to learn to play baseball. Benny Rodriguez, the neighborhood baseball guru, takes him under his wing and he soon becomes part of the local baseball buddies. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleepovers, the desirous lifeguard at the local pool, the snooty rival Little League team, and the travelling fair. Beyond the fence at the back of the sandlot menaces a legendary ball-eating dog called the Beast, and the kids inevitably must deal with him.
- Released
- 07 Apr 1993
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 7.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 55 / 100
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Scotty 164 lines, man
- Benny 143 lines, man
- Ham 72 lines, man
- Squints 70 lines, man
- Narrator 51 lines, man
- Yeah-Yeah 43 lines, man
- The Gang 36 lines, man
- Denunez 27 lines, man
- Bertram 26 lines, man
- Mom 23 lines, woman
Full cast, 34 people
- Tom Guiry as Scotty Smalls
- Mike Vitar as Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez
- Patrick Renna as Hamilton 'Ham' Porter
- Chauncey Leopardi as Michael 'Squints' Palledorous
- Marty York as Alan 'Yeah-Yeah' McClennan
- Brandon Quintin Adams as Kenny DeNunez
- Grant Gelt as Bertram Grover Weeks
- James Earl Jones as Mr. Mertle
- Denis Leary as Bill
- Karen Allen as Mom
- Shane Obedzinski as Tommy 'Repeat' Timmons
- Victor DiMattia as Timmy Timmons
- Art LaFleur as The Babe
- Marley Shelton as Wendy
- Herb Muller as Young Mr. Mertle
- Daniel Zacapa as Police Chief
- Eddie Matthews as Thief
- Keith Campbell as Thief
- Wil Horneff as Phillips
- Tyson Jones as Little League Punk #2
- Karl Simmons as Schoolyard Pitchers
- Maury Wills as Coach
- Pablo P. Vitar as Older Benny
- Robert Apisa as Home Plate Umpire
- Robbie T. Robinson as Third Base Umpire
- Charles Fick as Giants Catcher
- Tim Page as Giants Pitcher
- Dennis Williams as Giants Third Baseman
- Cynthia Windham as Mother at Pool
- Shane LaVar Smith as Toddler
- Arliss Howard as Adult Scotty Smalls (uncredited)
- David Mickey Evans as Narrator (voice / uncredited)
- Sally Jackson as Shopper (uncredited)
- Tim Page as Giants Pitcher
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 166
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 to 12 | 9 | 12 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 35 |
| 21 to 24 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 to 28 | 3 | 30 |
| 29 to 32 | 1 | 19 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 72 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 14 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 31 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 18 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 26 |
| 57 to 60 | 1 | 47 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 6 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 22 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 6 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 19 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 34 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 19 |
| 85 to 88 | 1 | 44 |
| 89 to 92 | 6 | 76 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 23 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 1 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 3 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 4 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 2 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 29 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 2 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 11 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 5 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 35 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 9 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 2 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 2 |
| 153 to 156 | 0 | 14 |
| 157 to 160 | 1 | 43 |
| 161 to 164 | 0 | 10 |
| 165 to 166 | 0 | 0 |
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, 3 are women's.
24 lines from women, 775 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 25 men in the cast. 2 women and 27 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 51 of 914.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 220 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 4% of the words (307), men 96% (8,110). Women have 3% 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
Two women
0
Two men
100
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 10 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Mickey Evans (man)
- Written by
- David Mickey Evans (man), Robert Gunter (man)
- Produced by
- Dale De La Torre (man), William S. Gilmore (man)
- Shot by
- Anthony B. Richmond (man)
- Edited by
- Michael A. Stevenson (man)
- Music by
- David Newman (man)
- Production design by
- Chester Kaczenski (man)
- Cast by
- Shari Rhodes (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Sound
6 women, 8 men, 10 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 16 men, 5 not listed
-
Production
2 women, 7 men, 4 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 6 men, 5 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
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Art
1 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 41 on average. Men: 21 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Karen Allen 41
Men
Tom Guiry 11, Chauncey Leopardi 11, Marty York 12, Brandon Quintin Adams 13, Grant Gelt 13, Mike Vitar 14, Patrick Renna 14, Denis Leary 35, James Earl Jones 62
Exhibit G: the money
It made 4.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $7 million
- Box office
- $34.3 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 166 scenes and 914 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
