At the end, when the kids are on the beach and all the parents come, Data says something about a giant octopus. What is he talking about? This was a scene that got deleted but the line stayed in.
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The Goonies (1985) - 14 trivia entries
Directed by Richard Donner, starring Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Joe Pantoliano, John Matuszak, Jonathan Ke Quan, Josh Brolin, Martha Plimpton, Robert Davi (add more)
At the end, when the kids are on the beach and all the parents come, Data says something about a giant octopus. What is he talking about? This was a scene that got deleted but the line stayed in.
After Mr. Perkins drops off the papers and Mikey and Brand are hugging on the porch, the director, Richard Donner's trailer is visible down the hill, parked in front of a house.
Richard Donner, the film's director, has an uncredited cameo appearance as a police officer, on the beach at the end.
In the end where the kids meet up with their family on the beach, Chunk's sister in the movie is actually his real-life sister.
When Chunk is being interrogated by the Fratellis he mentions a prank where he mixed some fake puke and dropped it over a balcony in a cinema on other people and they all started puking for real. This is an actual prank that producer Steven Spielberg did for real when he was a kid.
When Chunk calls the police the officer mentions 'those little creatures that multiply when touched by water'. This is of course Gremlins, which was also executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Corey Feldman has a role.
Just before the Goonies reach the room with the bone keys, when the Fratellis shoot at them Mikey shouts, "Holy Mackenzi!" Sean Astin, who plays Mikey, has a brother Mackenzi, who is also an actor.
When Jake Fratelli is escaping from the jail and running to Mama Fratelli's car, he is wearing a hat. The hat he is wearing is identical to Indiana Jones' hat in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and its sequels/prequels - films directed by Steven Spielberg, who created the story for The Goonies.
Some notable cameos: The director of photography, Nick McLean, plays Mouth's father, Mr. Devereaux. The second unit's first assistant director, Newt Arnold, plays one of the men in the shower at the Astoria Country Club. The film's stunt coordinator, George Robotham, plays the guard at the County Jail. The executive assistant to director Richard Donner, Jennie Lew Tugend, plays Data's mother, Mrs. Wang.
I am not sure if he has it on earlier, but in some of the scenes on the pirate ship, Sloth has a Raiders shirt on. The actor John Matuszak played football for the Oakland/L.A. raiders.
In the scene when the old men from the country club are taking a shower, notice the man in the middle wearing an eyepatch - a reference to pirates?
When the Fratellis first catch up with the kids, Data yells out, "Holy S-H-I-T". On the DVD Commentary, Ke Quan explains he spelled out the word because his mother did not allow him to curse. He figured if he spelled it, that it didn't really count as cursing.
The name of the Fratelli Family in this film was the inspiration for the band "The Fratellis".
No surprise that Sloth is wearing a Superman shirt when they're on the pirate ship. Goonies director Richard Donner also directed Superman.
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