When Does "The Goonies" (1985) Take Place?
"The Goonies" is a comedy film written by Chris Columbus with Steven Spielberg and released June 7th, 1985.
It takes place in the year:
We know this because Clark "Mouth" Devereaux wears a tee-shirt with the cover of Prince's album "Purple Rain" which released June 25th, 1984 AD. So it must be during or after June of 1984 AD.
1985 AD
We know this because Clark "Mouth" Devereaux wears a tee-shirt with the cover of Prince's album "Purple Rain" which released June 25th, 1984 AD. So it must be during or after June of 1984 AD.
More specifically, "The Astoria Ledger" newspaper front page announcing "FRATELLI'S AT IT AGAIN" the Goonies find in the basement of the Lighthouse Lounge is dated for "OCTOBER 24, 1985". Since all three members of the Fratelli gang are reunited at the start of the movie, all three are depicted on the front page, and the entire narrative takes place over a single day, it's certainly a current newspaper. So it's October 24th of 1985 AD.
