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The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

 -  Action  -  19 July 1985 (USA)
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A Texas teenager cuts her hair short and becomes an outlaw martyr with her brother and friends.

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Storyline

Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one day, decide to trash her brother's scooter for fun. The boys' father refuses to pay them back the price of the scooter. The fight for "fair is fair" takes the teens around the state and produces an unlikely hero. Written by Jennifer Valley

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texas | teen | boy | fight | scooter | See more »

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The last thing she ever expected was to become a hero. See more »

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19 July 1985 (USA)  »

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Fair Is Fair  »

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Trivia

The movie Billie Jean and the others watch about Joan of Arc is Saint Joan. See more »

Goofs

When Billie Jean turns the TV channel and the movie Saint Joan appears, the TV is on channel 5. Whenever it's shown again on screen, it's on channel 6. See more »

Quotes

Putter: Where's Binx? Did he get in trouble? What did he do? Can I come, Billie Jean? I love police stations.
Billie Jean: I thought you were grounded.
Putter: I am.
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Soundtracks

"Heart Telegraph"
Performed by The Divinyls (as Divinyls)
Courtesy of Chrysalis Records
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Invincible (Theme song for LBJ)
6 February 2004 | by (New Haven, CT) – See all my reviews

Besides having an awesome soundtrack, the movie is probably the only movie that has made me a cult follower for it.

Billy Jean is a woman who empowers herself through her innocence. The fact that she has such an unique attitude towards such a critical moment in her life is amazing.

I first saw this amazing movie about four years ago when it happened to be on TV. I sat and watched it, for lack of something better to do. I am glad I did. This movie has had such a dramatic effect on my personal life. No matter how goofy this sounds, I have come to realize that you have to make the best of a bad situation.

Definatly two thumbs way way up as well as however many stars I can give it. And whoever can figure out how I can meet Helen Slater gets a cookie- she is one of my all time heroes!


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