The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Matthew Robbins

Writers:

Mark Rosenthal (written by) &
Lawrence Konner (written by)

Release Date:

19 July 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

When you're seventeen, people think they can do anything to you. Billie Jean is about to prove them wrong.

Plot:

A Texas teenager cuts her hair short and becomes an outlaw martyr with her brother and friends.

Plot Keywords:

Texas | Teen | Scooter | Outlaw | Chase

Cast

Helen Slater	...	Billie Jean
Keith Gordon	...	Lloyd
Christian Slater	...	Binx
Richard Bradford	...	Pyatt
Peter Coyote	...	Ringwald
Martha Gehman	...	Ophelia
Yeardley Smith	...	Putter
Dean Stockwell	...	Muldaur
Barry Tubb	...	Hubie
Mona Lee Fultz	...	Donna Davy
Bobby Jones	...	Kenny
John M. Jackson	...	Kenny's Father
Rodney Rincon	...	Police Sergeant
Caroline Williams	...	Woman in Pickup
Rudy Young	...	Man in Pickup

Also Known As:

Fair Is Fair (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (re-rating on appeal) | USA:R (original rating) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Company:

Delphi III Productions

Trivia:

The movie Billie Jean and the others watch about Joan of Arc is Saint Joan (1957).

Goofs:

Factual errors: The GI Joe walkie-talkies' range would not have been able to reach from inside the middle of mall all the way out to the outside parking garage.

Quotes:

Putter: Is that a boy or a girl?
Lloyd: Girl, Joan of Arc. She dressed up as a man and led the French in fighting the English. She heard voices, 'stop being a peasant', 'France needs you', 'the truth needs you'. And she won, she beat the English, but then...
Putter: Then what?
Lloyd: The French, burnt her, alive!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Pat Benatar: Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Self Defense

The Element of connection

I can't believe I've never watched this show before when I was younger. I just saw it on cable. I won't say it has the best plot, story, characters or anything, but there's just this mysterious element that draws us to Billie Jean. All those kids in the film were incredible. My father was watching with me he smiled when he saw that little boy who sent the tape to the police. How cute!

This film does reflect some truths. Some adults simply think that fairness is not for kids. Children are not entitled to justice. But few do stand up against this false belief. That is why Billie Jean is a heroine.

To add, Helen Slater is just so beautiful.