Field of Dreams (1989)

Burt Lancaster: Dr. 'Moonlight' Graham

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• Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham : We just don't recognize life's most significant moments while they're happening. Back then I thought, "Well, there'll be other days." I didn't realize that that was the only day.

• Ray Kinsella : Fifty years ago, for five minutes you came within... y-you came this close. It would KILL some men to get so close to their dream and not touch it. God, they'd consider it a tragedy.

  Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham : Son, if I'd only gotten to be a doctor for five minutes... now that would have been a tragedy.

• Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham : This is my most special place in all the world, Ray. Once a place touches you like this, the wind nevers blows so cold again. You feel for it, like it was your child.

• Ray Kinsella : Are you Moonlight Graham?

  Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham : No one's called me Moonlight Graham in fifty years.

• Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham : Well, you know I... I never got to bat in the major leagues. I would have liked to have had that chance. Just once. To stare down a big league pitcher. To stare him down, and just as he goes into his windup, wink. Make him think you know something he doesn't. That's what I wish for. Chance to squint at a sky so blue that it hurts your eyes just to look at it. To feel the tingling in your arm as you connect with the ball. To run the bases - stretch a double into a triple, and flop face-first into third, wrap your arms around the bag. That's my wish, Ray Kinsella. That's my wish. And is there enough magic out there in the moonlight to make this dream come true?