The Goonies (1985)

The cast was not permitted to see the pirate ship before the filming of the scene where they find it. But, on the commentary of the new DVD release Corey Feldman admits that he and Sean Astin did see the pirate ship before the day of filming. They kidded the director that they didn't know because, even at that age, they were such good actors that they could fake their surprise!! It's well worth seeing the special DVD release to hear this commentary and their memories. -Thanks to Geneine Hoy

I recently watched the Goonies DVD with the commentary and found out that the kid that played "Chunk" in the movie had chicken pox while doing the part of the shuffle truffle and he didn't want to do the scene because he was afraid that they would fire him....he said that if you zoom it in on his stomach you can see where he had them! -Thanks to Jen

Here are some more goofs I have noticed.
1) In the scene where they discover the counterfeit bills, you can see Stef try the phone in the background to see if it works. She puts it down right away, meaning, presumably that it doesn't work, but later, Chunk calls the police from that same phone.
2) The skeleton organ scene: After Andi makes the first mistake, the left side of the floor falls away from underneath Mouth, but in the next aerial shot, when the other side of the floor falls away from underneath Brand, the left side of the floor is still there. Also, Mouth has been standing on the left hand side of the organ the whole time, but when Andi is finally able to lower the bridge, we see him on the right side of the organ. -Thanks to Dan Chen

When the Goonies are going down the water shoot to get to the ship you can see spikes suspended above as booby traps, when brad is filmed going down he hits several of them and they all move like rubber. -Thanks to Dom Sutherland

In the attic when Mikey is holding the map, still framed, he calls Chunk and Chunk says "I didn't touch nothing". Right after Chunk's reply Data says to Brandon, "Don't touch it Josh" which is Brandon's real name (not movie name). -Thanks to Stacy Wood

When Chunk is in the freezer with the dead Fratelli brother, the dead guy falls on him a number of times, one time, he clearly blinks. -Thanks to Jenine

At the end of the film when Andy has to play the piano notes, the final note she is unsure of. She comments that "Is it an A sharp or a B flat?" This is exactly the same note on a piano, so it would make no difference. -Thanks to Vicki Thompson

When Mikey leaves his house on the bike, he is wearing a yellow raincoat. He continues to wear this raincoat until the Goonies are in the "pipes" scene. One minute, he is wearing the jacket, the next it is off. -Thanks to Alisa

In a deleted scene, Stef and Mouth are tied together to walk the plank, Stef offers to share her breath with Mouth. In the finished film, he later thanks her for this, even though the scene was cut!

In the tunnels, when the boys find the skeleton of Chester Copperpot, they check his wallet to determine if it is really him. Mikey pulls out a baseball card and says "Lou Gehrig". Chester Copperpot died in 1932 or 1933, when Lou Gehrig was a great baseball player for the New York Yankees. However, the specific baseball card that Mikey pulls out is really a 1974 Topps All American baseball card of Lou Gehrig. If Chester Copperpot died in the tunnels in 1932/1933, how does he have a baseball card from 1974 in his wallet? -Thanks to Steven Figueira

In the scene where the kids are in the attic looking around...The oldest boy turns on the over head string style light numerous times.....Each time they break away the light is off and he turns it back on again..... -Thanks to Todd Pegram

When Mikey's mother gets the jewels poured into her hand, she has pink nail polish on, but when she holds her hand up into the light she doesn't. -Thanks to Sharese

In the majority of scenes Chunk has the mole on the left side of his mouth, but in the scene when he's thrown in the back of the truck with the dead guy, it all of a sudden switched to his right side. This also occurs in another scene, i think it's the one when he first meets Sloth and is trying to give him chocolate. -Thanks to Jennifer

When the kids fall out of the tunnels/waterslide into the water, they have a lantern that clearly goes under water and is still lit when they resurface!

In the scene where the Goonies discover the entrance to the tunnel, (and the fifty dollar bills!) Mikey yells at Brand, but mistakenly calls him by his real name Josh. Sean Astin brings it up on the DVD commentary.

When Mikey is talking to One Eyed Willy inside the pirate ship, his face is visibly brown and dirty looking. A scene or so later, when the Frattelli's catch up to them and force them out of the pirate ship, Mikey's face is totally white and clean looking. -Thanks to Bianca Paulikowski

When Mouth is walking Rosalita around translating to her, there is gel in his hair, but as he walks down the stairs with Mrs Walsh and Rosalita, his hair is all fluffy. -Thanks to Hayley

Up in the attic Mikey calls Chunk to hold the framed map for Chunk to drop it. Once Chunk does drop it, Mikey picks it up and tosses all the broken glass off. But when the rest of the boys gather to see the map, all the broken glass is still on top of it.

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