The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

R  |   |  Action, Drama  |  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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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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Trivia

Helen Slater's iconic close-cropped coiffure was done by a born again Christian hairdresser who said a prayer prior to cutting Slater's hair. See more »

Goofs

When Bynx and Lloyd are walking in the lot by the beach, and Bynx holds the gun towards Hubie, the closeup shot of Bynx's clothes are just a t-shirt when actually he has a dress over it. See more »

Quotes

Pyatt: How much did you say the bill was?
Billie Jean: Six hundred and eight dollars.
Pyatt: That sounds like Hubie allright.
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It's My Life
Performed by Wendy O. Williams
Courtesy of Jem Records
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This movie rocks!
31 May 2002 | by (NC) – See all my reviews

I love this movie the very first time I watched this movie I was 12 years old (almost 12 years ago-sh*t I'm getting old) But any way If you haven't seen this movie please rent it, trust me. My best memories of this movie, every time me and my best friend had a slumber party we would beg my mom to rent it for us, we picked our men out of this movie she liked Christian Slater and I picked Keith Gordon


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