Fails the Bechdel test
Tron
1982. Directed by Steven Lisberger, written by Steven Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
The film has at least 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
Hacker/arcade owner Kevin Flynn is digitally broken down into a data stream by a villainous software known as Master Control Program and reconstituted into the internal, 3-D graphical world of computers. It is there, in the ultimate blazingly colorful, geometrically intense landscapes of cyberspace, that Flynn joins forces with Tron to outmaneuver the Master Control Program that holds them captive in the equivalent of a gigantic, infinitely challenging computer game.
- Released
- 09 Jul 1982
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 58 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 wins & 8 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Flynn 140 lines, man
- Tron 62 lines, man
- Mcp 49 lines, man
- Sark 46 lines, man
- Alan 45 lines, man
- Yori 37 lines, woman
- Dillinger 30 lines, man
- Lora 30 lines, woman
- Ram 23 lines, man
- Dumont 21 lines, man
Full cast, 27 people
- Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn / Clu
- Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley / Tron
- David Warner as Ed Dillinger / Sark
- Cindy Morgan as Lora / Yori
- Barnard Hughes as Dr. Walter Gibbs / Dumont
- Dan Shor as Ram
- Peter Jurasik as Crom
- Tony Stephano as Peter / Sark's Lieutenant
- Craig Chudy as Warrior #1
- Vince Deadrick Jr. as Warrior #2
- Sam Schatz as Expert Disc Warrior
- Jackson Bostwick as Head Guard
- David S. Cass Sr. as Factory Guard
- Gerald Berns as Guard #1
- Bob Neill as Guard #2
- Ted White as Guard #3
- Mark Stewart as Guard #4
- Michael Sax as Guard #5
- Tony Brubaker as Guard #6
- Charlie Picerni as Tank Commander
- Pierre Vuilleumier as Tank Gunner #1
- Erik Cord as Tank Gunner #2
- Loyd Catlett as Conscript #1 / Video Game Cowboy
- Michael Dudikoff as Conscript #2
- Richard Bruce Friedman as Video Game Player
- Rick Feck as Boy in Video Game Arcade
- John Kenworthy as Boy in Video Game Arcade
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 99
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 45 |
| 16 to 18 | 5 | 14 |
| 19 to 21 | 11 | 13 |
| 22 to 24 | 9 | 45 |
| 25 to 27 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 28 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 58 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 26 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 10 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 19 |
| 49 to 51 | 5 | 7 |
| 52 to 54 | 4 | 3 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 4 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 4 |
| 61 to 63 | 2 | 20 |
| 64 to 66 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 to 69 | 1 | 7 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 4 |
| 73 to 75 | 3 | 3 |
| 76 to 78 | 7 | 38 |
| 79 to 81 | 9 | 29 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 1 | 10 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 3 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 3 |
| 94 to 96 | 6 | 28 |
| 97 to 99 | 4 | 18 |
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, 13 are women's.
71 lines from women, 486 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
1 women and 26 men in the cast. 4 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 96 of 575.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 152 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 9% of the words (521), men 91% (4,998). Women have 13% 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
53
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 11% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Steven Lisberger (man)
- Written by
- Steven Lisberger (man)
- Story by
- Bonnie MacBird (woman), Steven Lisberger (man)
- Produced by
- Donald Kushner (man)
- Shot by
- Bruce Logan (man)
- Edited by
- Jeff Gourson (man)
- Music by
- Wendy Carlos (woman)
- Production design by
- Syd Mead (man), Dean Mitzner (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Rosanna Norton (woman), Elois Jenssen (woman)
- Cast by
- Pam Polifroni (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
-
Visual Effects
0 women, 9 men, 19 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 10 men, 5 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 11 men, 4 not listed
-
Production
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
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Writing
1 women, 2 men
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Camera
0 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 30 on average. Men: 37 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Cindy Morgan 30
Men
Dan Shor 25, Vince Deadrick Jr. 27, Jeff Bridges 32, Bruce Boxleitner 32, Peter Jurasik 32, David Warner 40, Craig Chudy 44, Barnard Hughes 66
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $17 million
- Box office
- $33 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 99 scenes and 575 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
