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Field of Dreams
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780783235967
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Original recording reissued, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 0783235968
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: August 31, 1999
Running Time: 116 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: April 21, 1989
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Editorial Review:
A phenomenal hit when it was released in 1989, Field of Dreams has become a modern classic and a uniquely American slice of cinema. It functions effectively as a moving drama about the power of dreams, a fantasy ode to our national pastime, and a brilliant adaptation of W.P. Kinsella's exquisite baseball novel Shoeless Joe. Kinsella himself found the film a delightful surprise, differing greatly from his novel but benefiting from its own creative variations. It is the film that cemented Kevin Costner's status as an all-American screen star, but the story resonates far beyond Costner's handsome appeal. As just about everyone knows by now, Costner stars as Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella, who hears the mysterious words "If you build it, he will come," and is compelled to build a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. His wife (Amy Madigan) supports the wild idea, but a reclusive novelist (modeled after J.D. Salinger and played by James Earl Jones) is not so easily persuaded. The idealistic farmer is either a visionary or a deluded fool, but his persistence is rewarded when spirits from baseball's past begin appearing on the ball field. Past and present intermingle in the person of "Moonlight Graham" (superbly played by Burt Lancaster), an unknown player who sacrificed his dreams of baseball glory for a dignified life as a small-town physician ... but what all of this means is unclear until the film's memorably heartfelt conclusion. A meditation on family, memory, and faith, the film balances humor and magic to strike just the right chord of thoughtful emotion, affecting audiences so deeply that the baseball field created for the production has now become a mecca of sorts for dreamers around the world. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - field of dreams
Field of Dreams...was about baseball,but in a fantasy way.I really love it.Kevin Costner,Amy Madigan,Earl Jones,and the rest of the cast were real great in this movie too.It's a family movie i would highly recommened everyone to watch it.
Rating: - Dreams
Every one should see this movie - If you have not, you are missing out on a very good well know and well done movie. A good family movie! The newer DVD has bonus footage that tells why the movie is still going strong after nearly 10 years. Let your iminagination go and see what you can dream of - Maybe it will come true for you if you let your dreams guide you.
Rating:  - Sick to my stomach
I love baseball and have a great relationship with my father, yet found this to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
1. Ridiculously convoluted plot. It had promise for about 10 minutes then completely fell apart. Ease his pain? Seriously. What did Burt Lancaster's and James Earl Jones' characters have anything to do with the movie? Was Jones written into the plot just to spew off a few contrived lines about baseball? And the doctor "crossing the line" scene was a joke at ... Read More
Rating: - What a moving movie!
I just watched "Field of Dreams" for the very first time tonight on cable. My Dad died this past November and for whatever reason, I felt compelled to watch this movie tonight. Now after doing so, I know I will be ordering it from Amazon.com. What a beautiful, moving movie this was! People talk about it like it is about a son and his Dad. But it can just as easily be about a daughter and her Dad ... like it was for me. I remember when it first came out; I wasn't interested in seeing it as it ... Read More
Rating: - Field of Dreams
I have loved this movie since the first time I saw it, my VHS tape broke I watched it some many times, so very glad it is out on DVD, If your fighting with your son and he is old enough to understand, tie him to a chair and make him watch this movie with you so someday it's not to late to make up or make piece with your son for what ever reason, because in real life dad can not come back to ease his pain or yours.
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