Goonies
The Goonies was a hit movie in 1985 directed by Richard Donner, with the screenplay written by Chris Columbus from a story by Steven Spielberg. It is a film about a band of kids from a section of Astoria, Oregon called the "Goon Docks". The "Goonies", hoping to save the Goon Docks from demolition, go on an adventure to find the buried treasure of a legendary pirate named One-Eyed Willie.
Plot summary
Just a day before greedy developers plan to aggressively foreclose on the Goon Docks to demolish it and turn into a golf course, a young teenager named Mikey finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data, Chunk, and Mouth run off on a quest to find the secret stash of a legendary 17th century pirate named "One-Eyed" Willie. The young Goonies find the entrance to a tunnel in a rundown restaurant that is serving as the hideout for a notorious family of criminals named the Fratellis, consisting of the two Fratelli Brothers and their mother. When the Fratellis return, the Goonies -- now joined by Mikey's brother Brand and two of his friends, Andy and Stef -- are forced to follow the tunnel to escape.
One of the Goonies, Chunk, is captured and interrogated by the Fratellis, revealing the hidden tunnel entrance and the promise of treasure at its end. The Fratellis enter the tunnel, leaving Chunk captive alongside a huge and deformed Fratelli brother named Sloth, who the family keeps chained to the wall. Although Chunk is at first terrified of Sloth, he begins to befriend him as the film progresses. The other Goonies meanwhile proceed through the underground passages, overcoming dangerous booby traps laid by One-Eyed Willie centuries ago, finding the skeleton of 1930s explorer Chester Copperpot, and hoping to survive long enough to reach freedom. Their goal reverts to finding the treasure when they discover the bottom of a wishing well, which they could use to leave the caves. Instead of saving themselves, the Goonies decide to continue the quest for the treasure so that they can save the Goon Docks.
After outrunning the nearing Fratellis, the Goonies find the treasure, still on-board One-Eyed Willie's ship, which is concealed in a large cave, blocked off from the sea by roof collapses. The Fratellis appear just as the Goonies are filling their pockets with loot, and the children are forced to hand over all the treasure. However, the newly-freed Sloth also arrives with Chunk, allowing the Goonies to escape empty-handed. They use some candles they had found in Chester Copperpot's bag, but one is actually a stick of dynamite, which explodes and causes the cave to collapse, forcing everyone to flee for their lives. The Goonies are found on the beach by a search party and eventually reunite with their families. Luckily, Mikey's marble bag held a handful of large precious stones, saving the Goon Docks from its golf course future. The police arrest the Fratellis, except for Sloth whom the Goonies defend; Chunk in turn tells Sloth that he can stay with him and his family. As the Goonies and their parents marvel over the precious gems, One-Eyed Willie's ship suddenly appears, now free from the cavern. As the ship sails away, Mikey and the others bid farewell and thank-you to the legendary pirate.
While sometimes called a fantasy film for its improbable, child's-dream-come-true storyline, The Goonies does not actually use supernatural elements. Its premise is frequently compared to Explorers, a science fiction-adventure film starring teenagers that Paramount Pictures released one month after The Goonies in 1985.
Proposed sequel
A film sequel was in the works, something long desired by fans. Donner said that he had a story he liked and Spielberg behind him, but in 2004 several of the actors from the original revealed that Warner Brothers, the copyright holder, had not shown interest in a sequel. [5] Richard Donner has expressed doubt that the sequel will ever happen.[6]
* Early in the film, the opening pan on the main goonies house shows a nearby street in Astoria. In the lower left quadrant of the street can be seen just a bit of what looks like an RV. That was Donner's living quarters during filming.
* Sloth (John Matuszak) wears an Oakland Raiders T-shirt through much of the film. Matuszak spent most of his NFL career playing for the Raiders. Sloth rips off this shirt to reveal another shirt with the Superman shield late in the film. In that moment, part of the Superman theme composed by John Williams is played as a reference to Donner's 1978 film.
* During the filming of the "truffle shuffle" scene the set was cleared as the actor who played Chunk was embarrassed to be seen shaking his belly.
* Donner makes a cameo at the end of the movie as one of the ATV-riding sheriffs who finds the Goonies on the beach.
* Sloth's famous cry "Hey You Guys!" is from the intro to the 1970s TV show The Electric Company, used by Rita Moreno.
* The movie is frequently referenced on Mystery Science Theater 3000; whenever a film depicts characters embarking upon a supposedly harrowing situation, a common riff is "They're having an adventure like the Goonies!"
* The sheriff describes a tall tale Chunk had told him about "creatures that multiply when you throw water on them". This is a reference to the film Gremlins, which had been released by Warner Bros. the previous year with Spielberg (producer), Chris Columbus (writer), and Corey Feldman.
* Fratelli in Italian means "brothers".
* In the DVD release, shortly after the Goonies arrive on the beach they describe their adventure to an amazed group of parents and police. At this point you can hear Data say; "The octopus was really scary" referencing a scene with a monster octopus that was never included in the original theatrical release, yet appears as one of the deleted scenes in the DVD release.
* Also during the final scene with police and parents, the people playing the parents of the goonies are for the most part, the real life parents of the actors.
* The deleted scene that featured the snack shop/drug store is now the Astoria Coffee Company located on 304 37th Street in Astoria, Oregon, which is about a block from the location of the Goonie's house.
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