The Goonies
The Goonies is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Richard Donner from a screenplay by Chris Columbus based on a story by Steven Spielberg and starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin (in his film debut), Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, and Ke Huy Quan with supporting roles done by John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, and Anne Ramsey. In the film, a group of children who live in the "Goon Docks" neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon, attempt to save their homes from foreclosure and in doing so they discover an old treasure map that takes them on an adventure to unearth the long-lost fortune of One-Eyed Willy, a legendary 17th-century pirate, while being pursued by a family of criminals who are after the treasure as well.
Plot
Facing foreclosure of their homes in the "Goon Docks" area of Astoria, Oregon to an expanding country club, a group of children who call themselves "the Goonies"—Mike "Mikey" Walsh, Richard "Data" Wang, Clark "Mouth" Devereaux, and Lawrence "Chunk" Cohen—gather for a final weekend together. Rummaging through Mikey's attic, they come across a 1632 doubloon and an old treasure map purporting to lead to the treasure of legendary pirate "One-Eyed Willy", believed to be located somewhere nearby and considered by Mikey to be the original Goonie.
More details
| author | Chris Columbus Steven Spielberg |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Oregon |
| director | Richard Donner |
| editor | Michael Kahn |
| events | sea piracy |
| genre | adventure comedy |
| keywords | abandon arrest best friend booby trap booby traps cave in cheerleader country club crime family deform doubloon drown last chance locked in older brother pirate ship sail tall tale tall tales their way tomboy treasure map walk the plank walking the plank |
| musicBy | Dave Grusin |
| producer | Harvey Bernhard Richard Donner |
| productionCompany | Amblin Entertainment |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | buddy comedy children's children's comedy |