Imagine a section of a New England town affection ally known as the Goondocks.
A ruthless investor and real estate mogul is buying up all the land to make way for a huge land development complex catering to the rich and famous.
A group of kids, desperate to stay together and save the Goondocks, discover a secret pirate treasure map amongst museum leftovers in one of the kid’s (Mikey) father’s attic.
Together they go on an adventurous and dangerous quest to find the treasure and save the Goondocks.
By far the breakaway stars of the movie are Chunk, the truffle shuffle kid, and Sloth, the giant misshapen head child/man who befriends The Goonies and loves Baby Ruth candy bars and superman.
This movie was made in a time where computer graphics were just starting top pop in small bits in movies.
The Goonies, from Warner Bros. used practical effects and sets. All of the visual effects had to be hand crafted, composed and took a large amount of time to complete.
Sets were built form the pirate ship, cave complex and when not constructed all the outdoor shots were on location.
Imagine trying to direct a bunch of kids. Somehow director Richard Donner managed to do so and this created a classic kids’ film.
The DVD includes a few extras like a featurette of making the film, a music video from Cindi Lauper who wrote The Goonies song, outtakes, commentaries and more.
If you’ve never seen the movie I suggest you do so, especially with kids around. It still holds up today even though it was filmed going on 40 years ago.
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