The movie The Goonies (1985) has been a part of pop culture for 30 plus years, but there is so much trivia you might not know. So here are the top 8 pieces of trivia from The Goonies!
8. June 7th was officially declared “Goonies Day” by Willis Van Dusen. Who is he? He was the mayor of Astoria during the 25th Anniversary Celebration in 2010.
7. The novelization of the movie does confirm that Chunk’s parents do “adopt” Sloth.
6. It has been said that all the pirate skeletons in the movie are real. Except for Chester Copperpot’s skeleton, his was plastic.
5. The statue that Chunk breaks is called the Statue of David.
4. At around 1 hour and 40 minutes, you can see a gray-haired sheriff on the quads in the final scene. That is a cameo from director Richard Donner.
3. This movie was Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, and Kerri Green movie debuts.
2. John Matuszak who played Sloth, is wearing an Oakland Raiders t-shirt, a football team he once played on.
1. In 2017, the film was selected into the National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
Gary Miceli has loved film from a very early age, from the silent masterpieces of Charlie Chaplin to recent blockbuster hits. His love for cinema from all eras of history inspired him to go to film school and graduate with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He continues to work hard in this wonderful field and always explores new avenues of expressing his love for movie/TV history.