The Goonies

The Goonies (1985)

Timing: 1:54 (114 min)

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Release date

1985-06-07

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros.

Genre

Adventure, Comedy, Family

Budget

$19 000 000

Revenue

$69 649 283

Website

https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/goonies

Director

Richard Donner

Actors

Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Ke Huy Quan, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano
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Scenario

Producer

Richard Donner, Harvey Bernhard, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall

Operator

Nick McLean

Composer

Dave Grusin

Artist

Joseph C. Nemec III, Dale Allen Pelton

Audition

Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton, Judy Taylor

Editing

Michael Kahn
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• The pirate ship was built life-size. All scenes on the ship were filmed on the actual ship, not on separate sets.
• After filming, Richard Donner kept One-Eyed Willy's head and a model of the ship as keepsakes.
• Anne Ramsey actually slapped Robert Davi during the scene where the Fratelli brothers argue. As instructed by the director, she was supposed to hit him as hard as possible.
• Jeff Cohen contracted chickenpox after being cast as Chunk. However, during his illness, he still came to the set because he was afraid he would be replaced by another actor.
• When Chunk calls the police to report the Fratelli brothers, the officer doesn't believe him and recounts fabricated stories. One of them involves small creatures that begin to mutate when watered. This is a reference to "Gremlins" (1984), which was also written by Chris Columbus and starred Corey Feldman.
• Jenny Lew Tugend, the assistant director, played Data's mother.
• The word "shit" and its derivatives are uttered 19 times throughout the film.
• The actors were forbidden from visiting the pirate ship set until filming the scenes that take place on or near the ship. To enhance the effect of surprise, the scene where the boys first see the pirate ship was decided to be shot without rehearsal. However, its first take with the boys' genuine reaction was ruined because one of them swore loudly.
• Richard Donner, the film's director, played one of the sheriffs in the film's finale.
• In Italian, 'fratelli' means 'brothers'.
• Data's belt reads '007'.
• The music playing in the scene where the boys find the tunnel after accidentally spilling water is taken from 'The Great Escape' (1963) from the scene where the Germans discover the tunnel after accidentally spilling coffee.
• Steven Spielberg directed at least one scene in the film.
• Mauff wears a "Purple Rain" (1984) t-shirt throughout the entire film.
• Josh Brolin's directorial debut.
• Filming took place over five months. Most scenes were shot in roughly the same chronological order as they appear in the film.
• In the film's finale, Slote is wearing a Superman emblem t-shirt. Richard Donner directed "Superman" (1978).
• In the scene where the ceiling of the cave with the pirate ship collapses, Jonathan Ke Quan (Data) shouts "Holy S-H-I-T". However, he doesn't say it all at once, but spells out "shit" letter by letter, because he promised his mother that his character wouldn't swear in the film.
• John Matuszak spent five hours in the makeup chair to transform into Sloth.
• One-Eyed Willy's real name is William B. Pordobell.
• In the basement of the house where the Fratelli family is hiding, 'The Sea Hawk' (1940) is playing on the television.
• To cry in the 'confession' scene with the Fratelli family, Jeff Cohen thought about his mother's death.
• According to Sean Astin, he was allowed to keep the map showing the way to the treasure after filming was completed. However, his mother accidentally threw it away a few years later.
• Upon his first appearance on screen, Corey Feldman watches the opening scene from "Some Like It Hot" (1959).
• In the original version of the film, the woman Mikey's mother hires is a Spanish woman named Rosalita (Lupe Ontiveros). In the dubbed Spanish version, her name is Rossana and she is Italian.
• On the DVD commentary for the film, Jeff Cohen (Chunk) states that his character's confession about vomiting on a theater balcony is fabricated and not based on a real incident. However, this is incorrect. Steven Spielberg pulled the exact same prank as a child in Phoenix.
• Robert Davi, a professional opera singer, suggested that his character sing in the film.
• Konami released a video game based on the film "The Goonies" in 1986.
• American pop singer Cyndi Lauper, who recorded the song “The Goonies 'R' Good Enough” for the film, played an episodic role as a singer on television within the movie.
• In 1986, Konami released a video game based on the film "The Goonies".