A thrill-a-minute adventure film. When brothers Mikey (Sean Astin) and Brand (Josh Brolin) learn that greedy developers are forcing their family to move, they and their friends decide to have one last, precious adventure together. With the help of a treasure map they've found in the attic, the group, known as the Goonies, go in search of buried gold hoping against hope that if they find it, Mikey and Brand will succeed in keeping their home.
Shot in Technicolor and Panavision.
Budget estimate $19 million. Began shooting October 22, 1984. Released theatrically in the USA June 7, 1985. Released on video March 1986.
Reviewed in the Monthly Film Bulletin 11/1985.
Rated BBFC PG by the British Board of Film Censors.
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UMD Features
Widescreen 2.40
Audio:
(P): 2.0 French
Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0 English
Distributor Notes: Goonies, The
Following a mysterious treasure map into a spectacular underground realm of twisting passages, outrageous booby-traps and a long-lost pirate ship full of golden dubloons, the kids race to stay one step ahead of a family of bumbling bad guys... and a mild-mannered monster with a face only a mother could love.
Source: Warner Home Video
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Review 1:
"...[Spielberg and Donner] have seen to it that THE GOONIES has every imaginable funhouse flourish..."
Source: New York Times
p.C12 06/07/1985
Review 2:
"...A film stamped with the Steven Spielberg style of high fun....A roller coaster ride..."
Source: Variety
06/05/1985