
Field of Dreams
Director: Phil Alden Robinson Run Time: 107 min. Release Year: 1989
Starring: Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield
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Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice’s directions don’t stop — even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
“There is a speech in this movie about baseball that is so simple and true that it is heartbreaking. And the whole attitude toward the players reflects that attitude. Why do they come back from the great beyond and play in this cornfield? Not to make any kind of vast, earth shattering statement, but simply to hit a few and field a few, and remind us of a good and innocent time.” ~ Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times