“Gravity” (2013)
“Alien” (1979)
the answer is:
“Alien”
“Alien” holds a special place in the history of the Bechdel Test. When Bechdel first laid out the rules in a 1985 comic strip, the sci-fi classic was cited as an example of a film that met its requirements. The spaceship’s crew has two women, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and Lambert (Veronica Cartwright), and they have a couple of exchanges. In one, Lambert lashes out at Ripley for refusing to open the ship’s airlock after an encounter with a mysterious creature:
- Ripley
- What the fuck is going on here?
- Lambert
- (slapping)
- You bitch! You were going to leave us out there!
Ripley challenged gender norms in movies—she’s a rare female lead in a sci-fi flick, and she single-handedly takes down the monstrous alien. It’s worth noting, though, that in the original draft of the script no genders were specified:
The crew is unisex and all parts are interchangeable for men or women.
“Gravity,” the sci-fi hit of 2013, also has a female lead, Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), but she’s the only named woman.
Read More:
- Richard Brody reviews “Gravity.”
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“Dallas Buyers Club” (2013)
“Slumdog Millionaire” (2008)
the answer is:
“Dallas Buyers Club”
The headliner in “Dallas Buyers Club” is Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey), a rodeo cowboy hellbent on surviving his AIDS diagnosis. Women factor into his story, most prominently Dr. Eve Saks (Jennifer Garner) and Rayon (Jared Leto), a transgender woman who also has AIDS. Here’s one of their many conversations:
- Eve
- You missed your last trial appointment, Ray. Where were you?
- Rayon
- Do you like this dress? Cause I think the neckline’s a little plunging.
Eve leans against the sink, annoyed. She pulls her mask down.
- Eve
- Rayon, the whole purpose of this study is to determine if AZT [an AIDS medication] is helping people.
- Rayon
- Come on, Evie, you know there ain’t no helpin’ me.
- Eve
- That doesn’t mean I’m gonna stop trying.
- Rayon
- Why are you so good to me?
As for “Slumdog Millionaire,” there’s only one named female character: the love interest, Latika (Freida Pinto). She never talks to another woman.
Read More:
- David Denby on “Dallas Buyers Club.”
- Anthony Lane reviews “Slumdog Millionaire.”
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“The Wolf
of Wall Street” (2013)
“No Country
for Old Men” (2007)
the answer is:
“No Country for Old Men”
Men competing for money dominate both movies. “No Country for Old Men” is the one that passes the test, with this single scene:
- Carla Jean
- I got it Mama.
- Mother
- I didn't see my Prednizone.
- Carla Jean
- I put it in, Mama.
- Mother
- Well I didn't see it.
- Carla Jean
- Well I put it in. That one. You just set there. I'll get tickets and a cart for the bags.
Carla Jean (Kelly Macdonald), the wife of the protagonist Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), and her mother (Beth Grant) are discussing where to pack the mother’s cancer medication as they flee from a psychopathic assassin, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem). Although the mother is unnamed, she’s no mere extra—she has plenty of dialogue.
The women in “The Wolf of Wall Street” are complements to the men. Naomi (Margot Robbie) is Jordan Belfort’s (Leonardo DiCaprio) trophy wife; Teresa (Cristin Milioti) is his ex-wife; Kimmie Belzer (Stephanie Kurtzuba) is the employee who idolizes him. None of these women speak with each other, save for ambiguous moments when they are talking in the background.
Read More:
- David Denby reviews “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
- Richard Brody reviews “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
- Anthony Lane reviews “No Country for Old Men.”
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“Nebraska” (2013)
“Fargo” (1996)
the answer is:
“Nebraska”
The main character of “Nebraska” is a booze-addled old man, Woody Grant (Bruce Dern), and the movie deals primarily with his broken relationships with other men, like his son, David (Will Forte). “Nebraska” passes the test, courtesy of a single, brief conversation between Woody's wife, Kate (June Squibb), and her sister-in-law, Aunt Martha (Mary Louise Wilson):
- Aunt Martha
- Oh, Peggy Hudsucker is pregnant.
- Kate
- Peggy got knocked up again? At her age? That old cow must be fifty.
- Aunt Martha
- She just looks fifty. That's what pig farming will do to you.
Frances McDormand won Best Actress for her portrayal of the police chief Marge Gunderson, in “Fargo.” Most movies with a Best Actress role pass the test, but not this one—Marge never speaks with another named female character.
Read More:
- David Denby reviews “Nebraska.”
- Margaret Talbot profiles the director of “Nebraska,” Alexander Payne.
- Anthony Lane on “Fargo.”
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“Her” (2013)
“The Silence
of the Lambs” (1991)
the answer is:
“The Silence of the Lambs”
“The Silence of the Lambs” passes easily. It has a strong female lead (Clarice Starling, played by Jodie Foster), who has several other named women to talk with, including colleagues at the F.B.I. and witnesses she questions. Their conversations occasionally omit mention of the film’s two male antagonists, the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) and the serial killer Buffalo Bill. In this example, Clarice questions Stacy, a friend of a young woman named Freddie who was murdered. Their respective jobs come up:
- Stacy
- (shyly)
- Is that a good job, F.B.I. agent? Get to travel around and stuff? I mean, better places than this.
- Clarice
- (smiling)
- Sometimes you do.
- Stacy
- Freddie was so happy for me when I got this job at the bank. Toaster giveaways, and Barry Manilow on the speakers all day. She thought it was such hot shit. What did she know, big dummy...
“Her” has several named women: Amy (Amy Adams) is a friend of the main character, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix); Catherine (Rooney Mara) is Theodore’s soon-to-be ex-wife. There are others, too, but none of them have a conversation. There’s also Samantha, Theodore’s futuristic personal operating system, voiced by Scarlett Johansson, but she’s not a woman—she’s software with a female voice.
Read More:
- Anthony Lane reviews “Her.”
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“American Hustle” (2013)
“Gladiator” (2000)
the answer is:
“American Hustle”
“American Hustle” has two major female characters, Sydney (Edith) Prosser (Amy Adams) and Rosalyn Rosenfeld (Jennifer Lawrence). They dislike each other, but they manage to have one extended conversation in the film. Alas, it’s about the man they both claim to love, Rosalyn’s husband, Irving (Christian Bale).
There are two other exchanges, though, that give the movie a passing grade. In one, Rosalyn talks with another woman about nail polish:
- ROSALYN ROSENFELD
- (shows her nails)
- I chip them moving furniture, it's my new obsession. Moving, redecorating, it makes me feel better like exercise. But there’s this top coat that you can only get from Switzerland and I don’t know what I’m going to do because I'm running out of it but I LOVE the smell of it.
- DOLLY POLITO
- I can get that for you, of course.
- ROSALYN ROSENFELD
- There’s something, the topcoat, (sniffs nails) it’s like perfumey but there’s also something rotten? I know that sounds crazy, but I can’t get enough of it.
“Gladiator” has one named female character, Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), the daughter of the Roman Emperor. In the only interaction she has with another woman, Lucilla spots a man (Russell Crowe) from across the room and lustfully whispers his name, Maximus, to her handmaiden. There are three layers to this abject failure of the test: the one word spoken is a man’s name, the handmaiden is unnamed, and she never responds.
Read More:
- David Denby reviews “American Hustle.”
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“Captain Phillips” (2013)
“Zero Dark Thirty” (2012)
the answer is:
“Zero Dark Thirty”
Kathryn Bigelow, the director of “Zero Dark Thirty,” was the first woman to win the Best Director award, for her 2008 Iraq War film “The Hurt Locker.” The star of “Zero Dark Thirty” is Maya Lambert (Jessica Chastain), a C.I.A. analyst hunting for Osama bin Laden. She has a female coworker, Jessica (Jennifer Ehle), whom she frequently talks shop with, mostly about bin Laden. They do have one chat about paying informants that omits specific mention of a man:
- Maya
- (smiling)
- You're assuming that Al Qaeda members are motivated by financial rewards. They’re radicals.
- Jessica
- (bigger smile)
- Correct. You’re assuming that greed won’t override ideology in some of the weaker members.
- Maya
- Money for walk-ins worked great in the Cold War, I’ll give you that.
In “Captain Phillips,” male Somali pirates hijack a container ship with an all-male crew. The sole named female character is Captain Phillips’s wife, Andrea (Catherine Keener). She appears for a few minutes, and she only speaks with her husband (Tom Hanks).
Read More:
- Anthony Lane reviews “Captain Phillips.”
- David Denby reviews “Zero Dark Thirty.”
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“Philomena” (2013)
“The Artist” (2011)
the answer is:
“Philomena”
The titular character in “Philomena,” played by Judi Dench, has been searching for her son for fifty years after she was forced to give him up for adoption by the nuns who ran the convent where she lived. In all of her dialogue, with men and women alike, the subject is usually her son. There are brief exceptions, so the movie passes. In this one, a young Philomena listens to her friend Kathleen’s concerns that her daughter, Mary, will be taken by the sisters:
- Young Philomena
- What’s the matter?
- Kathleen
- (In a sudden rush)
- The girls in the kitchen said that Mother Barbara had Mary up at the house today. What do you think they wanted with her?
YOUNG PHILOMENA turns this over in her mind, but presents a comforting face to her KATHLEEN.
- Young Philomena
- I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about, Kath.
“The Artist” may be silent, but conversations are happening, and we get the occasional assist from a title card. The story is centered on George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a silent-film star, and all of the women (including his costar, Peppy Miller, played by Bérénice Bejo, and his wife, Doris, played by Penelope Ann Miller) are in supporting roles. None of these characters “speak” with each other.
Read More:
- Athony Lane on “Philomena.”
- Anthony Lane reviews “The Artist.”
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“12 Years a Slave” (2013)
“The Godfather: Part II” (1974)
the answer is:
“The Godfather: Part II”
The movie about powerful male mobsters facing off with other powerful male mobsters passes the test in one early scene. Connie Corleone (Talia Shire) arrives at a party hosted by her brother, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino). She talks with her mother, Carmela (Morgana King), about how late she is:
- Connie
- Mama... Mama! Here I am!
She throws her arms around her Mother, who returns the affection somewhat reproachfully.
- Mama
- Constanzia. We expected you last week; we sent the car to pick you up at the airport last week.
- Connie
- I know, it was chaos; but anyway, here I am one week late.
“12 Years a Slave” is told through the eyes of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free man sold into slavery. It has important female characters, like the slave Patsey (Lupita Nyong’o), who is brave and defiant in the face of unspeakable cruelty at the hands of her owner, Edwin Epps (Michael Fassbender). Her only exchange with a named female character happens during tea with Mistress Shaw (Alfre Woodard), a free black woman and former slave. Shaw counsels Patsey on how to handle Epps. There are no other conversations between women in the film.
Read More:
- David Denby reviews “12 Years a Slave.”
- Amy Davidson on why Patsey is the hero of the movie.
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FINAL GRADE
Among the 2014 Best Picture nominees, four of nine movies pass: “American Hustle,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Nebraska,” and “Philomena.”
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- 8 James Cagney.
- 7 Clark Gable.
- 6 Henry Fonda.
- 5 Fred Astaire.
- 4 Marlon Brando.
- 3 James Stewart.
- 2 Cary Grant.
- 1 Humphrey Bogart.
His other three nominations were for 'In the Name of the Father' (1994), 'Gangs of New York' (2003) and 'Phantom Thread' (2018). Day-Lewis remains the only actor in history to have earned three Best Actor Academy Awards.
Who refused Best Actor Oscar? ›Native American actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined the best-actor award on behalf of Marlon Brando during an Oscars protest in 1973, has died aged 75, the motion picture Academy said on Monday.
Who refused to accept Oscars? ›Sacheen Littlefeather had only 60 seconds to speak at the 1973 Academy Awards. In her brief speech, she refused the Oscar for best actor on behalf of Marlon Brando, faced a mixture of loud boos and cheers, and defended the rights of Native Americans on national TV.
What actors have been escorted out of the Oscars? ›Only a very small number of academy members have ever been expelled, including Harvey Weinstein, Roman Polanski, Bill Cosby and the actor Carmine Caridi, who was kicked out for sharing awards screeners.
Who is the youngest Oscar winner? ›Who is the youngest Oscar winner ever? The youngest Oscar winner in history is actor Tatum O'Neal, who won 'Best Supporting Actress' for her role in Paper Moon in 1974 when she was just ten years old, a spectacular achievement. Starring opposite her father makes the moment even more special.
Who has won the most Oscars? ›Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscars won by an individual with total of 22 competitive awards and four honorary awards. Disney was nominated 59 times throughout his career, receiving one award posthumously.
Who is the only person named Oscar to win an Oscar? ›
It happened twice in the 1940s -- both times, Oscar Hammerstein Jr. snagged a win for best original song. LOS ANGELES -- The idea of somebody named Oscar winning an Oscar might sound too good to be true, but it's actually happened... twice!
Who is the only actress to win Best Actress and best original song? ›The first of her personal Oscar wins was for Best Actress for Funny Girl, and the second was for Best Original Song for "Evergreen," which made her the first woman to earn an Academy Award for composing music.
Who is the youngest to win Best Actress? ›Marlee Matlin
Now we get to the youngest winner of Best Actress ever. Matlin was only 21 when she won for “Children of a Lesser God.” This film is also extremely noteworthy as Matlin is deaf. She was the first deaf person cast in a lead role in a movie since way back in 1926.
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- Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once.
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What female singer has won an Oscar? ›Barbra Streisand in 1969 and 1977
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|---|---|
| Most recent winner | Will Smith King Richard (2022) |
| Most awards | Daniel Day-Lewis (3) |
| Most nominations | Laurence Olivier and Spencer Tracy (9) |
| Website | oscars.org |
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Who has been escorted out of the Oscars? ›Only a very small number of academy members have ever been expelled, including Harvey Weinstein, Roman Polanski, Bill Cosby and the actor Carmine Caridi, who was kicked out for sharing awards screeners.
Who was snubbed at Oscars memoriam? ›Bob Saget, Ed Asner, Meat Loaf left out of Oscars in memoriam montage.
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Who is blacklisted from the Oscars? ›In fact, though there are those who have rejected their Oscars (Marlon Brando, Dudley Nichols), only one award has ever been revoked in Academy history — the 1969 prize for Best Documentary, which was given to Young Americans before it was determined that the film was released in 1967 and therefore ineligible.
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Did Will Smith get kicked off the Oscars? ›
Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars gala and other Academy events for 10 years after the US actor slapped comic Chris Rock at the ceremony. In a statement, the Academy said the 94th Oscars had been "overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behaviour we saw Mr Smith exhibit on stage".
Why did Will Smith refuse to leave the Oscars? ›Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused, we also recognize we could have handled the situation differently,” the statement obtained by Variety concluded. The board said Smith's violations included “inappropriate physical contact, abusive or threatening behavior, and compromising the integrity of the Academy.”
Who told Will Smith to Leave Oscars? ›That call was made by Academy president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson, who, a source says, asked for Smith to leave the show instead of remaining in the auditorium for the rest of the telecast.
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How many actors have been stripped of their Oscars? ›Although the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which oversees the Academy Awards, has expelled individuals from its organization before, it has not stripped an actor of their Academy Award. The academy has revoked an Oscar before, but for a film, not an actor.
Can you sell your Oscar? ›
Award winners must comply with these rules and regulations. Award winners shall not sell or otherwise dispose of the Oscar statuette, nor permit it to be sold or disposed of by operation of law, without first offering to sell it to the Academy for the sum of $1.00.