Goonies are 40 years old: return to the legendary Astoria house
On June 7, 1985, Richard’s film Give was released in the cinema across the Atlantic. Forty years later, the Astoria band is still cult!
It is the cult film of a whole generation.
GOONIES blow 40 candles this weekend. The adventure staged by Richard give had taken place on American screens on June 7, 1985 (but only in December in France), quickly causing a bunch of fans in its wake.
“I remember seeing this poster for the first time, on the other side of the street, opposite the Warner Brothers studios in Burbank” writing Today Josh Brolinalias Brand, with a lot of nostalgia. “”My very first film, an adventure that arrived a little by accident … But an accident deserved. I was lucky. The experience was magical – Richard Donner, Spielberg, all the guonies – and today, rethinking this classic old forty year old is both overwhelming and a real reason to party. “
A small miracle of cinema which continues to cross generations. “Because he has still only represented good”believes Brolin.
To mark this anniversary, another emblematic member of the band returned to crime scene: Corey Feldmanfamous Bagou.
Direction Astoriain Oregon, all north of the American West Coast, not far from Portland, a small town of 10,000 inhabitants, at the mouth of the Columbia river, on the edge of the Pacific. The film produced by Spielberg was shot.
In recent days, the actor has published a series of videos and photos in pilgrimage mode. He shows the old sets there and revisits the cult house of the film: “I showed the old filming places to my girlfriend and I even managed to put my old costume from one of my most famous characters, Bagou, to visit the real house of Goonies, which is finally open to the public!”
Long closed, sometimes inaccessible, the famous house of Gooniesyes, the real one, is today visitable. The new owner, a big fan himself, chose to open it to the curious, provided that he respects the premises. It is possible to go see it from the outside, for free, but also to take tickets to take a picture of yourself under the famous porch. Some privileged can even hope to see the interior, during specific events. Yes, you may need to make the buffoon puff to enter …
For those who dream of redoing the path, the address is known: 368 38th Street, Astoria, Oregon. A little of Goonies Handmill, just 8 p.m. from Paris …
