THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINE • Early Summer 2018 31 TheCoastalBend.com Above: The police detective played by Peter Coyote, confronts Hubie inside Dockside; Below-Left: The Legend of Billie Jean was the film debut for Christian Slater (Heathers, Interview with a Vampire) and Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson). Above: The site where Funtrackers is now, at SPID and Flour Bluff Dr., was once Magic Isles amusement park, complete with a roller coaster; Below: Hundreds of Corpus Christians on the beach at Padre Balli Park for the film’s climactic scene. PADRE BALLI PARK ON NORTH PADRE ISLAND Public facilities and other structures are positioned much differently these days, with Bob Hall Pier now the only large structure located directly on the beach. The movie’s closing beach scenes were filmed from Whitecap Beach south to where the ballards and parking lot are located now.