'The Goonies' is a cult movie with Jersey connections

There's much affection for "The Goonies" — about a gang of misfit kids who live in the unfashionable "Goon Docks" of Astoria, Oregon.

The 1985 cult movie "The Goonies," celebrates its 40th anniversary June 7.

In every child, said Mark Twain, there is "a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure."

And that — in so many words — is what director Richard Donner, producer-writer Steven Spielberg and writer Chris Columbus were also saying in their 1985 cult movie "The Goonies," celebrating its 40th anniversary June 7.

And that is what Bergen County's Kerri Green — one of two stars of the movie with North Jersey connections — would like to say, now. But she fears it may no longer be the case.

"Kids used to hang out with each other," she said. "People who are our age, who gr