Well, I know that Liz (nootka) on the forum was involved with the big 25th Anniversary of The Goonies this weekend in Astoria!
Having gone to the 20th Anniversary along with Keith and Susanne, I decided to pass on this one. It looked like too big of a production to me. I would have liked to meet Sean Astin and Corey Feldman and have them sign my DVD though
Liz, can you give us a report?
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There must be some other Goonie fans on here, too!
Daryl
Yup, that's what I am doing this weekend!
Since I live in the Goonies capital of the world (filmed here) and it's the 25-year anniversary, and I work with a guy who builds historic/entertainment memorabilia (sort of like Hard Rock Cafe but more personal or exclusive), I thought I'd take my boys to a meet & greet but it was very poorly run. The stars there were Corey Feldman, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Cohen and Richard Curtis (a Portland area man who played a somewhat small but pivotal part in the movie as the richest man in Astoria). Joe P showed up for a short time then left, the other ones hung in there, but we had to wait in line for four hours to get there. Corey was very antsy and had to take a cigarette break or two in order to get through. Jeff (Chunk) is amazing, what a trooper and so friendly. I have a photo of my sons with him and it will become part of a special memory for them growing up in the Goonie town that is famous the world over.
Of course we get to see the stars roving around, and I must say that Joe Pantoliano has treated the locals and fans with such disregard and utter rudeness that I would be happy if I never saw him again. Talented actor, a waste of space as a person. He seemed to expect the people that were in business here/local crafts people to GIVE him things and spend time showing him their work with the idea that he would buy them and then walk away with no word. He said the prices were too high. *LOL* Even his daughter was urging him to buy one of our things and took a card (maybe he will get a DAd's day present from Astoria but I'm not holding MY breath. At this point I would rather find a disadvantated kid somewhere that can't or didn't get to come and give it to them.). Urgh.
The reason that the celebs didn't show up this a.m. is probably because they were a little over-celebrated the night before (I saw them on a beer run, a few of them) just last night.
The fans are pretty cool, but our little town's not used to this many people and our trash receptacles are over flowing, traffic is nuts. I only hope it's given our local business owners (other than the few that I know about that have not done so great b/c they were not selling sanctioned items that were printed elsewhere en masse) enough of a boost to help with the rent payment!
I have enjoyed the excitement, but once Monday's over it will be nice to have the town back.
On a horsey note, my girl Cherry Bomb and Mouse are spending the weekend in town incognito in a backyard helping to trim back the grass and trample things down for a friend that wanted to have their yard be more cleared out w/out using any kind of bad chemicals. They also have two little boys that are entranced with being pony farmers for a few days. They are coming home soon though.
Hope you all had a great weekend. My feet are tired!
Liz
