Review The Legend of Billie Jean' "The Legend of Billie Jean" has nothing to do with Billie Jean King or the hit Michael Jackson song, although the producers who changed the name from "Fair is Fair" probably would not mind if you made one of those connections. Instead, it is the silly story of a poor teen-age girl (Helen Slater) who gets framed for a bur glary and shooting, goes on the lam with her brother and some friends, and ultimately becomes a media hero to teen-agers. The movie makes explicit compari sons between Billie Jean and Joan of Arc that make the elusive compari sons Clint Eastwood makes between his character in "Pale Rider" and Je sus Christ seem almost modest and unassuming. Billie Jean is a nice Corpus Christi girl who lives in a trailer court with her single mom. A bad man (Richard Bradford) tries to have his way with her and in the ensuing struggle with Billie Jean and her kid brother, Bradford gets shot in the arm. The youngsters take off with a couple of friends and along the way are joined by a rich boy (Keith Gordon) who pretends he has been kidnapped. Billie Jean becomes a kind of Robin Hood figure, a hero to teen-agers, for reasons that are never satisfactorily explained. Her exploits are closely followed by newspapers and rock stations, and Bradford makes a bundle "ROUSING ENTERTAINMENT WITH EASTWOOD AT HIS BEST." TODAY, NBC-TV, Gene Shallt CLINT EASTVVOQI VMM RIPER RJ FROM WARNER BROS. A U'ARNER COMMl 'NIDATIONS COMPANY FIN. I..FW. BrM.lm All H.tft..lln.i.f4 selling Billie Jean posters. But you can bet he will get what's coming to him. This movie seems to have been made on a very low budget and it shows. There are some talented people in it, including Gordon, Dean Stockwell as his father and Peter Coyote as a sympathetic cop, but they seem wasted in this misbegotten mishmash. (Running time: 1 hour, 35 minutes. Rating: PG. At the Clarkson, Creve Coeur, Eureka, Kenrick, Ronnie's. Harper Barnes VI At! i f fjt Jt I . t V
