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  The Legend of Billie Jean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The movie begins with Billie Jean Davy (Helen Slater), a Corpus Christi, Texas high school girl, riding with her younger brother, Binx (Christian Slater), on a motorscooter.
Billie Jean, Binx, and their friends Putter (Yeardley Smith) and Ophelia (Martha Gehman) go to the police about the scooter.
As the media coverage increases and Billie Jean's scrapes with the law get closer and closer, she becomes a teen icon - a symbol of youth empowerment, and the evidence of the injustices adults are capable of.
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 Billie Jean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In about 1981, during a Jacksons tour, a woman known later to be a stalker had accused Jackson of not claiming the paternity of one of her fraternal twins.
She went so far as to call herself "Billie Jean Jackson", and to claim she was married to the singer.
The introduction of the character Billie Jean is foreshadowed by a two-line reference from the album's first track "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", another Jackson-penned song.
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 IMDb user comments for The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
So, there is political significance in the story of Billie Jean in looking at the criminal justice system (although some of the discrimination against Billie Jean such as denying her any sort of expedited compensation occurs as a result of the system not intervening at all).
Billy Jean is the name of the main character(Helen Slater, looking good) and she tries to fight for what she believes is right "Fair is fair!" He brother is played by the infamous Christian Slater (sans Jack Nicholson accent).
Billie Jean wants the father of the boy who gave a beating to her brother, to pay for the repair of the bike.
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 The Legend of Billie Jean Movie -The 80s Rewind «
Billie Jean, Binx and her friends, Ophelia (Martha Gehman) and Putter (Yeardley Smith), escape and go on the run.
Very soon, Billie Jean learns that she is wanted by the local authorities, along with her brother and her friends.
When Billie Jean is running away from the cops at the mall, she turns a corner and suddenly the set looks all office-like.
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  Fair is Fair - The Legend of Billie Jean Fanlisting        (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Billie Jea merchandising machine begins to roll - fueled by Pyatt, who produces "wanted" posters with images of Billie Jean in a skimpy tank-top taken candidly by his son while whining that he wants the teens hauled off to jail for assaulting him.
Billie Jean takes on Joan of Arc as a role model, cuts her hair, and draws the attentio n of the mayor's son, Lloyd.
Billie Jean is about to prove them wrong" and "She never meant to be a hero"...The film originally rated an "R" From the MPAA for language.
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 WIC Biography - Billie Jean King   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Billie Jean Moffit was born on November 22, 1943, in Long Beach, California.
In her early years she was an exceptional softball player; yet, Billie Jean knew that there was no significant future for a woman in softball.
Billie Jean King spoke out for women and their right to earn comparable money in tennis and other sports.
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 The Legend of Billie Jean quiz -- free game
Billie Jean, her brother Binx and their friends Putter and Ophelia Jacks find a mansion to sneak into for some food and to get out of the heat.
Billie Jean and her gang are mentioned on the news, all of it slander, Lloyd changes the channel and they come across a movie that really gets Billie Jean's attention.
The name of the song playing during the movie when the teenagers of Corpus Christi are moving Billie Jean around so the police can't find her, and then at the end when all Mr.
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 The Legend of Billie Jean An '80s Style Ode to Girl Power - Associated Content
The Legend of Billie Jean is a straight out of the 80's movie, but really it isn't what most of those teen movies back then were about.
Therefore Billy Jean and Binx (her brother) head out to to the bully's father place of business to settle the matter themselves.
Billie Jean and Binx (along with some help from friends) take off by car going who knows where but knowing they have to avoid the law at all costs at this point.
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 The Legend of Billie Jean - Synopsis - Moviefone
When the "Billie Jean Gang" becomes a media sensation, Pyatt capitalizes on their notoriety by selling T-shirts and bric-a-brac, while policeman Ringwald (Peter Coyote), who feels guilty for having refused to help Billie Jean, tries to bring the kids in without anyone getting hurt.
Soon, Lloyd's videotape of the suddenly crop-topped, Joan of Arc-emulating, eminently telegenic Billie Jean elevates a local headline into a national sensation, and even Lloyd's attraction to Billie Jean can't protect her from the media lightning rod she's become.
The Legend of Billie Jean marks the screen debut of Christian Slater, who is no relation to co-star Helen Slater.
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 Artsandentertainment: Reliving the legend of Billie Jean
Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer premieres at 10 tonight on HBO.
Tennis champ Billie Jean King is one of the most chronicled sports figures of her generation: winner of 20 Wimbledon titles, founder of what became the Women's Tennis Association, trailblazer of Title IX and conqueror of Bobby Riggs in the 1973 "Tennis Battle of the Sexes."
King, 62, was forced to go public with her lesbianism in 1981 when a former lover sued her unsuccessfully for palimony, but she is now candid about her sexuality and its effect on her life.
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 SCREEN: 'THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN' OPENS - New York Times
Billie Jean Davy, a gorgeous tawny blonde played with that ''Flashdance'' brand of flirty innocence by Helen Slater (''Supergirl''), lives in a trailer camp in Corpus Christi, Tex., and is the kind of innocent, barefoot belle who can't help but attract the wrong kind of attention.
Fortunately, Billie Jean has a mean right knee, which she has at least three opportunities to use during the course of the story.
It is at this point that everything goes wrong, since Billie Jean, once she's on the lam, doesn't even attempt to keep a low profile.
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 Legend of Billie Jean
The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) is one of the best teen rebellion films around.
=) Ex - when Billie Jean is being chased through the mall, she runs down a long hallway and into the parking garage.
Billie Jean is NOT my lover, she's just a girl who thinks that I am the one, but the kid....is not my son!
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 iHiltonHead.com :: The Legend of Billie Jean
Comment: I saw The Legend of Billie Jean for the first time when I was 16 and, 200 viewings later, it is hands down my favorite movie of all time.
Comment: "Te Legend of Billie Jean" is one of my favorite movies because it is so different from any other movie I've seen.
Some parts were confusing-for example,how did the little boy with the red hair get the tape with Billie Jean on it, how did the teens get into the mansion, etc. The movie itself made the viewer want to raise their fist in the air.
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 The Legend Of Billie Jean Movie, Review, Cast for The Legend Of Billie Jean | TVGuide.com
THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN starts out as a mildly interesting, semi-realistic story of life in rural Texas, then takes a headlong plunge into the preposterous.
Teenagers Billie Jean (Helen Slater) and her brother Binx (Christian Slater) are on an outing at the local swimming hole, when Binx's prize motor scooter is stolen by a gang of thugs, led by Hubie (Barry Tubb).
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 THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN at HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES
All Billie Jean wanted was $608 from the boy who broke her brother's scooter.
Billie Jean didn't mean to become a fugitive.
But her fight for justice raised an army of kids strong enough to take on the law and the national media.
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 The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It's one of the classic movie for me. I saw this movie during high school and the spirit caught me. About youth freedom, a courage to stand up for what you believing and how we can live with our own sources.
The awakening moment of Billie Jean herself is inspirational.
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 Amazon.com: The Legend of Billie Jean: Video: Matthew Robbins,Helen Slater,Keith Gordon,Christian Slater,Richard ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Billie Jean (Helen Slater) is a attractive high school junior enjoying her summer vacation with her brother Binx (Christian Slater) and her friends Ophelia and Putter Jack.
Piat he trys to stroke up Billie Jean and tells her "Pay as you go, earn as you learn".
Billie Jean thwarts the sexual advance and violence ensues and they group of the 3 girls and Binx go on the run in Ophelia's father's car.
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 FILM RADAR: Midnight Movie-THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN
Teenager Billie Jean Davy (Helen Slater) and her brother Binx (Christian Slater, no actual relation) meet with constant harassment from rich bullies in their small Texas town.
When repeated attempts at seeking justice only lead to deeper trouble, they become reluctant outlaws and front-page news, with their battle cry "fair is fair" adopted by other troubled youths.
The '80s generation gets their own Billy Jack-style folktale of righteous vengeance, complete with anthemic hits from Pat Benatar, Wendy O. Williams and the Divinyls.
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do.
According to legend, tea originated in China when tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
WWI flying ace Jean Navarre attacked a zeppelin armed with only a kitchen knife.
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 The Legend of Billie Jean - Legend of Billie Jean, The Quiz
The Legend of Billie Jean - Legend of Billie Jean, The Quiz
In 1985 it was a cult classic, today it is all but forgotten.
* In the beginning of the movie, Billie Jean and Binx head out to pick up a milkshake.
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 The Legend of Billie Jean quiz -- free game
Billie Jean cut her hair to look like Joan of Annapolis?
When Billie Jean asks LLoyd if she can use his bathroom, Putter replies, "She's nervous so she has to ___."
Christian Slater (Binx) and Helen Slater (Billie Jean) are actually brother and sister?
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 The Legend of Billie Jean
When a couple of redneck ruffians cause Billie Jean's little brother to wreck his scooter, the young woman embarks on a crusade to recover the $600 that he needs to fix the bike.
Knowles' quest for complete media domination continues with "Dreamgirls," in which she stretches her dramatic wings to play the lead singer of a successful R&B trio.
Soon Billie Jean becomes a symbol of righteousness and justice, as she changes from an ordinary teenage girl to an outcast crusader.
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