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The Goonies

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The Goonies (1985) Director: Richard Donner Cast:  Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Ke Huy Kwan, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, Anne Ramsey Writers:  Chris Columbus (screenplay), Steven Spielberg (story) Synopsis:  Mikey Walsh (Astin) stumbles upon an old map leading to the treasure of the famous pirate One Eyed Willy. With his brother, Brandon (Brolin) and their friends Chunk (Cohen), Data (Kwan), Mouth (Feldman), Andy (Green) and Stef (Plimpton), Mikey sets out to find the lost treasure in the hopes of saving his family's home, which is about to be foreclosed on. Along the way, they run afoul of the Fratelli's, a family of criminals who just executed a daring daylight escape from the country jail. Ma Fratelli (Ramsey) finds out about the treasure and will stop at nothing to find it, even if it means going through the kids to get it.   First Impressions:  There are some movies that leave an i...