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Field of Dreams (1989) 7.5
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Reviews: 290 user | 67 critic | 17 from Metacritic.com An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the Chicago Black Sox come. Director:Phil Alden Robinson |
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| Kevin Costner | ... | ||
| Amy Madigan | ... | ||
| Gaby Hoffmann | ... | ||
| Ray Liotta | ... | ||
| Timothy Busfield | ... | ||
| James Earl Jones | ... | ||
| Burt Lancaster | ... | ||
| Frank Whaley | ... | ||
| Dwier Brown | ... | ||
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James Andelin | ... |
Feed Store Farmer
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Mary Anne Kean | ... |
Feed Store Lady
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Fern Persons | ... |
Annie's Mother
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| Kelly Coffield Park | ... |
Dee, Mark's Wife
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| Michael Milhoan | ... | ||
| Steve Eastin | ... | ||
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Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his corn field tell him, "If you build it, he will come." He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help him understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field. Written by Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>
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All his life, Ray Kinsella was searching for his dreams. Then one day, his dreams came looking for him. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 April 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Shoeless Joe See more »Box Office
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$64,431,625 (USA)Company Credits
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Shoeless Joe Jackson: Where did WE come from? You wouldn't believe how many guys wanted to play here. We had to beat 'em off with a stick.
Archie Graham: Hey, that's Smokey Joe Wood. And Mel Ott. And Gil Hodges!
Shoeless Joe Jackson: Ty Cobb wanted to play, but none of us could stand the son-of-a-bitch when we were alive, so we told him to stick it!
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James Earl Jones, Timothy Busfield and Lee Garlington would all reunite for directer Phil Alden Robinson's next movie, Sneakers See more »Goofs
When Doc Graham is describing to Ray the extent of his playing career, he says that in the last game of the season, Giants manager John J. McGraw told him to go play right field. While the position Graham played is correct, the date is not. The last game of the Giants' 1905 season was played on October 7. Graham's only appearance with the Giants came on June 29, which was New York's 65th game of the season. They still had 90 games left to play. See more »Quotes
Ray Kinsella: Where'd they come from?Shoeless Joe Jackson: Where did WE come from? You wouldn't believe how many guys wanted to play here. We had to beat 'em off with a stick.
Archie Graham: Hey, that's Smokey Joe Wood. And Mel Ott. And Gil Hodges!
Shoeless Joe Jackson: Ty Cobb wanted to play, but none of us could stand the son-of-a-bitch when we were alive, so we told him to stick it!
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Films don't get better than field of Dreams. When you got back to the late eighties and early nineties you will find that Kevin Costner was the biggest actor to employ at that time as he starred in lots of major films like Dances with wolves which of course he directed, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, A Perfect World, JFK and Field of Dremas which I think delivers his best performance of all those films.
Costner is Ray who one day takes a walk into his corn field only to hear a voice saying 'If you build it, he will come'. This sends him crazy as it's all he can hear. He thinks on to what the voice maybe wants him to do and let's his feeling be known to his family and the only idea he can come up with is that he should build a baseball pitch in the middle of his field. He does with the backing of his family and nothing comes of it till one night somebody in a 1920's baseball kit turns up on his field out of the blue ready to play Baseball. This happens to be the great Shoeless Joe Jackson who is now dead but has come back to play the game he was once banned from playing. The story unfolds to more odd goings on and sends Ray onto a journey of self discovery with some beautiful moments ahead. Field of dreams is not a film that gets mentioned when it comes to Costner's career but I think it holds his best and most touching performance. Anybody who likes a feel good film like It's a Wonderful Life will ultimately fall in love with this film by the end as the more it goes on the more you find out why Ray was guided to build the pitch and follow the voice which he throughout the film makes no sense of what it he is looking for.
It touches you in all the places and just makes you feel good about yourself and sends an important message out about spending as much time your family as much as you possibly can til it's to late.
Trust me, you cannot go wrong with this film.