Richard Donner

Dick Donner (that's what his friends call him, right?) is one of those Hollywood greats a lot of young whippersnappers don't know about. Most of his success came in the 1980s and 90s, having directed films like The Toy, Ladyhawke, Scrooged, Radio Flyer, Maverick, Conspiracy Theory, and the Lethal Weapon movies. But he also had a few biggies in the decade prior, most notably The Omen and Superman.

In fact, Donner even included a nod to his most popular directorial efforts by dressing Sloth in a Superman shirt during his scene on the pirate ship—and we think Sloth rocks that tee harder than Clark Kent.

For Donner, one of the toughest parts about directing The Goonies was that he broke W.C. Fields' golden rule: "Never work with animals or children." The cast of the movie weren't uber-young, fortunately, but even still…trying to get a bunch of young boys to stop goofing off together and concentrate on making a movie had its challenges.

Donner also had to contend with Spielberg, who had a precise vision for this project and was more hands-on than many other producers might have been. For the most part, though, they worked pretty well together.

In fact, according to all the 30th Anniversary Goonies tributes, the whole filming process sounds awesome. Richard Donner and his crew did things like all slide down the waterslide together—which is a fact that makes us insanely jealous.