Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams is about regaining innocence and faith. Kevin Costner builds a baseball field in the middle of his farm in Iowa so that the ghosts of the 1919 Chicago White Sox team can play baseball after they were banned by the Major Leagues. The first time Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe Jackson appears he talks about how much he loves baseball and how he would play it for free which goes with the theme. It’s not just about those players however. It’s also about idealism as epitomized by James Earl Jones who plays a famous writer from the 60s who became cynical and a recluse. Costner tries to rekindle his belief in a better future by taking him to his field. In fact, the Sixties play a prominent role throughout the film as Costner and his wife were both activists and still hold those ideals as shown in a scene where his wife Amy Madigan stands up at a school board meeting against a woman who wants to ban books. It’s not what you would expect from a movie about baseball based in the Midwest. Costner is great but I think Jones steals the show when he gives a monologue about innocence. The film also has a real mythical feel to it which I also enjoyed.

The story is interesting and sweet. The family is one I wish I had lol. Acting is incredible.Just watch this understanding some questions won't be answered. But it doesn't hurt the point behind the story.Never left unsaid the things you will wish you had said.

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Classic baseball movie. Watch it every year before baseball starts

Love the movie. Has become a classic to watch over and over

We watched it with friends on a Saturday night.

Great movie

I have a soft spot in my heart for this Academy-Award nominated 1989 pseudo-fantasy film about family relationships disguised as a nostalgic tribute to baseball. The performances are great, and the film is touching, heart-warming, and funny. The disc comes with some interesting bonus features, and at $5, you can't beat the price.

Five stars for the film, I love it, but I’ve docked one star for the missing extras which are on the dvd version.After I’ve watched a film on disc I really like to go through any extras on there which might give some background to the production of the film. Field of Dreams is a good case in point as there is a short film ( on the dvd) that gives you a good insight into the problems they faced in production. Now I really enjoy this kind of thing so when I upgraded to blu ray I was so disappointed to find that there are no extras at all. None. Why? This is a trend I’m noticing more and more with blue rays, which means I have to hang on to the dvd which I would otherwise pass on to someone. This in turn will create storage problems in future. I know this sounds trivial to some but it’s beginning to bug me now. So to the manufacturers I say come on, you’re getting our money twice so give us the full package please.

This has to one of my all time favourite movies with a fantastic cast. Kevin Costner is uniquely great and James Earl Jones is in my opinion no1. If someone described this movie to my face i wouldn't have given it the time of day, but i stumbled upon it decades ago on tv and liked it instantly. My only regret is not seeing it at cinema on big screen. If you haven't seen it yet do please watch it. You will be entertained.

A magic and simple film that awaken emotions and a sense of belief in something else than mere objectivity, making us feel and see the world with different eyes. It's the miracle the sometimes Hollywood and American cinema was still able to create, through the enchantement of nature, affection, and that leap of faith that can make us change our life.And it is also a film about a nostalgic desire of reconnecting to the past and win death in order to celebrate what can still keep us alive.A film that still believes in the american dream, in a refreshing way that finds a new start from our little everyday things, our community, a house in the field, wind at night blowing across the corn.Costner is moving and pure in his genuine performance, confirming his self-contained, natural, effortless acting style (which makes a star without glamour), while Lancaster makes his last magic gift to the audience. And that is the real and emotional miracle of the film: something hard to forget, like he decided to leave his heritage through this lovely little story.Blu ray is quite good and preserve the gentle light of the film

Coming back to Field Of Dreams over 20 years after its release finds this particular viewer beaming with happiness that the warmth I felt way back when still washes over me in the same way. Director Phil Alden Robinson (All of Me/Fletch) manages to turn W.P. Kinsella's novel, Shoeless Joe, into a multi genre film with deep emotional heart for both sexes to latch on to. It has a beautiful mix of mythology and family values that come together to realise a dream that ultimately rewards those viewers who are prepared to open themselves up to pure fantasy with a deep emotional core.It was nominated for best picture in 1989 because it struck a cord with so many people, it's not just the thematic heart of the film that delivers, it's also the actors on show who perfectly realise this delightful tale. Kevin Costner is surrounded by great workers in Ray Liotta, James Earl Jones, Amy Madigan and Burt Lancaster, and he wisely lets these actors dominate the scenes that he shares with them, it's something that is an often forgotten good point of Costner's performances; that he is comfortable to let his co-stars dominate important narrative snatches. However, he is the glue that binds the whole film together, it's quite a naturally engaging performance that rightly gave him the star status he would achieve post release of the film.As a born and bred Englishman I don't profess to appreciate just how much a way of life Baseball is to Americans, but I do have my own sports in England that I'm happy to dream the dream with in equal measure, and with that I understand all the themes in Field Of Dreams big time. Most of all, though, I can involve myself with its family values, the dream of dreams, and because it's undeniably pure escapist cinema for those who aren't afraid to let their respective guards down for a wee short while, the rewards are many. With a lush James Horner score evocatively layered over the top of it and John Lindley's photography almost ethereal at times, production is suitably in the fantasy realm.Never twee or over sweet, Field of Dreams is a magical movie in more ways than one. A film that manages to have its cake and eat it and then closes down with one of the most beautiful endings of the 80's. Field of Dreams, still hitting Home Runs after all these years. 9/10

If Frank Capra had been making movies in the late 1980s, he probably would have made Field of Dreams. Many of the best loved movies deal with the hopes and dreams of ordinary folk. More recently, this has been repeated by 'The Shawshank Redemption'and back in Capra's era it was 'It's a Wonderful Life'. Two very different movies dealing with the subject of faith in our own dreams, both of which are universally loved by audiences.Field of Dreams centres around Ray Kinsella, his wife Annie and their daughter who live on a farm in Iowa. Ray is a self confessed novice farmer whos efforts to keep the business financially viable are becomming pressured.One day, whilst in his cornfield Ray hears 'the voice' and is told "If you build it he will come". Ray takes this as a sign that he is to build a Baseball field on his farm and that Shoeless Joe Jackson (his deceased sporting hero) will come and play, allowing his hero some redemption for his shame and exile from baseball following illegal 'throwing of games'in his heyday.Unsurprisingly, Annie thinks Ray is losing grip on reality but gradually warms to Rays idea, sensing that it is something much more than the misguided project of a slightly lost farmer.The film develops as Ray builds his field and mysterious and magical things begin to happen to those around him.Along the way he meets many beatifully crafted and played characters. James Earl Jones as a burnt out 60's novelist and Burt Lancaster as a failed Baseball player turned doctor.Ray is selfless in his persuit of helping those around him achieve their goals and only towards the end of the film does he ask "whats in it for me?".We all find out whats in it for Ray at the end in a closing scene that will melt even the hardest heart. Ray fulfills his real dream without even really consiously knowing what it was.Some of the pro-critics have accused the movie of being overly sentimental but the film is a charming and magical jouney through the lives of ordinary folk. Most of us are Ray Kinsellas, with dreams we may never be brave enough to try to fulfill.If only Hollywood made more films of this class rather than the endless stream of mindless action movies maybe that seem to bombard us from every angle.Dont be put off by the baseball theme, just sir back enjoy the story, the beautiful Iowa cornfields, the acting, the superb musical score and you too will believe that dreams can come true.