Field of Dreams (1989) Movie Reaction
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When you see Burt Lancaster's performance as Archie Graham, you understand the definition of movie star. For the few minutes he's on screen, he absolutely owns the screen.
Outro filme fora de série com Burt Lancaster é O Rochedo de Gibraltar....Rocket Gibraltar...
Absolutely LOVED Burt's role - and yes, he completely owned it! Just the twinkle in his eye when he's speaking to Ray - it's like he was reflecting the moonlight! Legendary actor!
Absolutely. He's positively magnetic every second he's on the screen.
Yes he was a wonderful actor, I've noticed some reactors didn't even mention him, makes me feel old 😅
His last film..
@@EchoesDaBearThat was one of the greatest casting choices ever in a movie. Although Lancaster was playing a supporting role his effect on the movie was immeasurable. The warm essence he brought to the film wrapped the viewer up in the nostalgia of the film. When he first appeared in the fog under the street lamp it was chilling.
One other thing I loved with Moonlight Graham. When he left the game in 1922, he did so in haste because he thought "well, they'll be other days.". When he left the field of dreams to help Karin, he made a conscious decision KNOWING he wouldn't be able to go back. He knew exactly what he was giving up so he could help one more child. Just beautiful.
yeah truly beautiful!
That is an excellent observation, it gave me chills reading your comment. I loved her comment that John would be able to come back to the field, which means John would be able to watch his son and granddaughter grow up.
Time is flexible in this movie, scenes and people go from the present to the past several times. So my take is that Terrance, when he went out into the field, writes about what happens. But he goes back in time and releases the book. The timing of the release of the book and when people need to arrive to offer Ray and Anne money was perfectly timed. Love your comments on this movie.
When Shoeless Joe says” Hey Rookie you were good” to Doc , man that gets me as much as the ending, thanks again
I'm the same way. After he attends to Karin. all the respect Doc gets from the other ballplayers builds into it. Shoeless Joe's comment may be just about Doc's baseball ability, but it also has that extra meaning that Doc lead a good and meaningful life.
Same⭐️
Same here man. Especially when you consider not long after that Burt Lancaster passed away.
There’s like eight hard hits in a row.
Glad I’m not the only one who felt that… It’s every man’s deepest wish to be recognised by their hero and to know that they recognised you and what you did. Hits us hard because we all long for that to happen to us, but chances are that it never will, so we can only live through other peoples experiences.
I’m 47 and growing up in America with baseball as our favorite pastime and a rocky relationship with my father, this movie really pulls at the heartstrings. Beautiful piece of art.
I'm 49... Freaking ditto brother!!!
I’m 46; ive never watched this without crying
I’m 61. Cry every time
Without baseball my grandfather and my father and myself would of
had no communication.
The scene with the father really gets most people. For me, it's the part when Doc steps off the field. So many emotions in that scene.
Yes - young Moonlight getting to live his dream but Doc touching so many small town lives. But he was ok for the chance. Yes you guessed it early that this was for his dad so good call there
@@jeffwerth2707 Field of Dreams was also Burt Lancaster's last film, so in a way it was him also stepping away from the movies.
Agreed. Yeah, Doc's dream was to get one at bat against a big league pitcher. But his calling was to help people, and ultimately, that's what he was able to do. It's like he says earlier in the movie, if he'd only gotten to be a doctor for a short time, that would have been the real tragedy.
Love Burt Lancaster in this movie.. one the last great roles he done before dying.
THE last role. He suffered a stroke shortly after.
I was thrilled one time years ago to meet Phil Alden Robinson -- the writer/director of this movie -- and said "you go to hell, Robinson!" He looked at me, hurt. "Why?" What did I do?"
"You made me cry. Every damned time I watch the final 5 minutes of FIELD OF DREAMS!"
We laughed. I bought him a drink. I still cherish that moment.
And yes I am wiping tears again now having just watched that finale again.
when Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones are talking to the older folks about Moonlight Graham, who really DID exist, they are real people(not actors) who actually knew "Doc" Graham, and he really was a kind and generous and wonderful man, and the stories they are telling are true recollections of him.....thats a part of what makes this such a wonderful and beautiful movie, which is right up there as one of my all-time favourite movies. No matter how many times I see this, I always get choked up and emotional.............
The people at the end were real and not ghosts, and there was no prior article by Terry drawing them in. They came as he explained, "For reasons they can't even fathom." They came there to be reminded of their own dreams, just as Ray, who was afraid he was becoming his father, re-discovered his own dreams of living spontaneously and joyfully by making it. Just as Terry regained his now lost dream of writing things meaningful to people, and was pumped up now to write about this field and Shoeless Joe and baseball's role in history. Or like Archie got to have both his dreams there, of another shot as a young man facing down a major league pitcher, and then as an old man rendering a doctor's service one last time to little Karin. And like John, before his lifetime of hard work and sacrifice for his family, when he dreamed of a career in baseball, and through that got to fulfill an even greater dream of healing his still-aching heart through reconciliation with his rebellious son. It was truly a field of dreams for everyone who came in contact with it.
It's as if all the positive emotion, personal achievement, growth, fandom, and national unity over the love of a game, fostered a 'spirit of baseball', which burst forth in a beautiful, if not quite logical narrative, not as a linear and mathematical storyline, but rather as emotional poetry, about the game and the lives it has touched.
This is the BEST explanation out of ALL the comments here. Excellent job!
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After filming ended. Kevin Costner suggested that they not tear down the baseball field. It’s in actual tourist attraction where people come to have a catch. Last year, they built a professional major league field next to the field of dreams and had their first major league game there between the Yankees and Chicago White Sox, cornfield and all. It was Majestic. They will be having another professional game this year in August 11th.
Will it be televised?
@@celiashen5490 I think Fox will be televising the game this year.
@@bxpolo Awesome!! Thanks.
@@celiashen5490 I'm pretty sure it's being televised this Thursday.
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Here is the the ball players walking out on the field for the game with Kevin Cosner leading them. Made me tear up. All those ball players that probably watched this movie as kids, now getting to walk out of the corn and play a real game there... must've felt surreal. ❤️
This ball field is still there today in Iowa, USA (30+ years later). People who have seen the movie, come to visit the field and walk the grounds and reflect on baseball and their lives and their relationships with their fathers..
Pitching batting practice on that field was one of my favorite memories. There were dozens of families out there. Worth the trip for everyone.
The MLB has had two regular season games there, in 2021 and 2022. It looks like it will be an annual event now.
@@deathproofpony the first year they had the MLB game there, Kevin Costner was there to honor the game and the movie. You could literally see the emotion on his face as he walked out of the corn onto the field.
You can’t expect or try to make sense of a movie like this. You must simply give in to the beauty of the fantasy. I’ve seen this film so many times and yet I still tear up at the end. What a classic.
This.
The doc got his hit! And winked at the pitcher. He lived his dream
Well, he got a sacrifice fly, which is not recorded as an at bat, but it does count as a plate appearance. And he also has an RBI :)
More importantly, he got to face down a big league pitcher, wink at him, and then get the better of him.
The people at the end in their cars were not dead. They were coming to watch the guys play. "The Natural" and "Hoosiers" are also great sports movies.
THE NATURAL has a very important message for all aspiring athletes. If you want to excel in baseball stay away from Kim Basinger, Darren McGavin and especially Barbara Hershey. But Glenn Close is OK (so long as it's not a one night stand).
"Rudy" is right there
Another great reaction. This movie is rough for me to watch, I really relate to Ray. My dad asked me to go fishing one day and I told him I was too busy and 2 days later he took his own life and now I have to live with that and there isnt anything I wouldnt do to take it back and go fishing with my dad one more time. Dont take life for granted. Miss ya pops RIP.
I'm sorry for your loss. When I was 16, my father was in the hospital, and my mother asked me if I wanted to go with her to visit him. I said no and that I would see him tomorrow. The hospital called within 5 minutes of her returning home and said he had died of cardiac arrest.
Hugs Dearie
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I live in Davenport, Iowa about an hour drive to the movie site. It's an incredible movie the field is still there and gets thousands of visitors every year. I was 18 and graduating high school when the film was being made, I still remember all of the news coverage about it.
Do people use the field?
@@solvingpolitics3172 Yes, I have played catch on that field with my boys.
@@solvingpolitics3172 They have Major League games there as well. You can see them on CZcams
Field of Dreams is a real baseball field. The Cubs vs The Reds are playing there August 9th at 6pm Central Time .
I'll be watching!
The game this year is August 11 at 6:00 PM CDT (GMT -5)
They’re not playing on the actual field. The field they play on is built right next to the one from the movie.
@@waylonmercy1533 WTF? Then why even play at all? Not the real field. Madness!
@@trhansen3244 they can’t play on the actual field cause it’s not mlb ready and it has power lines running over it
The end of this movie always makes me tear up.
They invited Terrance mann into the corn because he had lost his passion to be a writter he was jaded now, he didn't want to be the "voice of a generation" and tired of people asking him for the meaning of life and what to do.
They didn't want him to write to get people to come to the game they were giving him the chance to experience something that would restore his passion for writing.
i think there are a few hints that terrance is already gone. im not sure its so clear cut to say he is definitely still alive. him being reported as "missing" feels like a pretty big clue.
@@willwilliamson9580 But he was missing. I do feel the movie left Mann's fate up to the audience. I think all options are on the table for discussion. I personally have always felt that he was allowed to visit whatever is out there and would be allowed to write about it.
@@willwilliamson9580 I think the worst thing you can do with this movie is try to figure out exactly what is supposed to be happening. I don't think it fully matters whether Terrance is supposed to have died already, or whether stepping into the field means he's going to die, etc. The movie is more about its themes than its actual plot points and I think leaving the questions there is part of what gives the film is magic.
For what its worth though, in the book Ray goes to see the real author, J.D. Salinger. And Salinger actually threatened to sue if they used his name in the film, so they changed it to the fictional Mann character. So based on that, one would assume he's supposed to not be dead considering Salinger was still alive both when the book and the film came out.
@@moonlitegram I agree with most everything you wrote about being too literal. But... with regard to Salinger, and more exactly the choice to have his surrogate by played by an African-American actor in James Earl Jones, it created just too gaping a hole that is thoroughly ignored...most probably out of convenience. No Satchel Paige, no Josh Gibson, no Moses Walker, not even Jackie Robinson. I know people will make accusations of wokeness, but it's inconceivable in 1989 that they couldn't have given some representation, particularly when they had James Earl Jones making the speech about how baseball represented "everything that was good". For me it slightly tarnishes an otherwise delightful film.
@@Hexon66 I assume that most of the ghosts are from Ray's father's time era that would have played in the 1910s thru 1930s when the league was segregated?
Actor Ray Liotta died only a few weeks ago. This role as Shoeless Joe Jackson was his first major film role, and made him a star.
RIP Ray Liotta
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This is one of my favorite movies ever made. There's so much about regret, yearning for the past, and missing out on dreams. Ray built the field as a way to fix his past (with his dad) so he could move forward. He was able to see his dad before life wore him down. Ray never knew his father back when he was optimistic about life; he only knew him after he was already beaten down and lost his dreams. He said he was afraid that he'd turn into his father and be too afraid to chase a dream when it was in front of him and in the end he essentially did something crazy that helped give him the closure he needed. The story is a bit open to interpretation (especially with Terrance Mann), but I like it that way because it's a bit ambiguous so people can form their own opinions as to whether or not he had died or not. Such an absolutely beautiful movie, one of my favorites, and I loved this reaction by the 2 of you.
Like the newspaper said, Terrance is "missing".
I saw this movie when I was very young (12, 13) and didn't feel the full weight of the meaning and the relationships between Ray and his dad, or what it was like to have dreams or regrets as an older person. Now, I am straight up ugly crying...and this is just the reaction!
@@ScientificallyStupid I definitely didn't fully grasp this movie when I 1st saw it, but I suppose that's why I continue to watch it so often. It's a good movie to help keep that desire to not live with regrets because you're willing to step outside of your comfort zone and have new experiences, both good and bad. Although in this movie the main one happened to be about Ray regretting the last thing he ever said to his father. That can hit home for a lot of people because emotions make us say stupid/crazy things that we may not really mean. It's definitely impossible to not at least tear up during this movie because it may have supernatural elements, but it's heavily grounded down in reality.
The guy on the left was right and nailed it when he realized that many of the people are lost souls in the movie or only care about money and only the people who still believe in more meaningful things can "see" it- the field, the players, etc...Think he also mentioned a few other similar additional things. I was surprised he picked up on all of that, but he pretty much got it.
This might be the most sentimental movie ever made.
When Ray says, "Maybe this is heaven", my heart explodes.
The simple beauty of it.
But, the greatest line for me is when Annie tells her husband,
"You believed in the magic AND IT HAPPENED. Isn't that enough?"
It's a line filled with hope, but also sadness.
But it can never be enough because, DREAMS ARE FOREVER.
Even after we're gone,..................and they come from our hearts.
I always cry when Ray says "Hey, Dad wanna have a catch" I feel that so personally.
Thank you both for doing this.👍
This is a movie notorious for making men cry. And for good reason.
Good reaction, guys. I know most people already mentioned other aspects of this movie...but just in case it hasn't been mentioned here in the comment section, the actor who plays author Terrence Mann (James Earl Jones) is the voice of Darth Vader from the Star Wars movies.
Also, the scene in which Kevin Costner's character saw the Cinema with the movie 'The Godfather' (1972) sign as a new movie and the car's license plate dated 1972, the 'Voice' had actually sent him back in time to the year 1972 to meet Moonlight Graham on the last night of his life. Btw, one of the most moving aspects of this movie is that the elderly actor who played 'Moonlight Archie Graham' was Hollywood acting legend, Burt Lancaster. This movie was his final role before he died. So, towards the end when Ray Liotta's character (Shoeless Joe Jackson) told him, "Hey, Rookie....you were good.", it was basically an on-camera Hollywood farewell, paying homage and respect to an acting legend in his final role.
In addition, regarding your post-movie comments, you were wondering how come all those drivers at the end of the movie knew about the field. Well, you have to remember the speech that their daughter and Terrence Mann gave towards the final scenes of the movie. The daughter and Terrence Mann said that people will come to the house like kids, and not sure exactly why they came, and gladly hand them money and go watch the game.
Yes, watch it again, and again. Its one of those movies you can watch a few times & pick up nuances that were missed. A great movie & classic.
Burt Lancaster is such a good actor, the Moonlight Graham parts were always my favourite.
Oscar worthy performance.
"I didn't pay attention...my bad." 😂 Another great reaction to a classic. Can't wait to see what's next.
The ballplayers named in the movie were real people, most of whom played on the 1919 Chicago White Sox team that threw the World Series. Even Archie "Moonlight" Graham was a real person who played in a single game in Major League Baseball without coming to bat (although in real life it happened in 1905, not 1922).
Field of Dreams is an example of magical realism: a story with magical elements in an otherwise realistic story. The bit at the end where all the cars show up is part of it. Karin and Terence predicted it. The same magic that caused Ray and Terence to hear the voices and have visions, that caused the Black Sox to show up from nowhere, that caused Ray's father to come back, also caused all those people to drive to the farm. Maybe the voice whispered to them, too.
The character of Terence Mann was originally supposed to be J.D. Salinger, who wrote Catcher in the Rye, Frannie and Zooey, and a few other books before withdrawing from public life. Salinger became a sort of recluse, and when he learned the movie was going to have a character based on him, he threatened to sue. They decided to change the name of the character and enough details about him to avoid a lawsuit.
Thank you for reacting to this movie.
This movie is one of my all time favorites. And that ending, even when watching a reaction video, brings tears to eyes every single time I see it.
The Major Leagues really played a league game there last summer, the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees. The Yankees won on a home run in the 9th inning. Also, Thousands of people go to this field in Iowa Every summer.
I remember when this film came out in the theaters and you could hear grown men crying at the end of the movie. I was one of them. My eyes still get wet when I see the ending. This inspired me to have a catch with my Dad when he was still able to throw when we had a family get-together years ago. I remember thinking that I'll never get to do this again.
This film has so much heart. If you think about it too long, it might fall apart. Even still, it’s an absolute classic. Great reaction, guys!
This 1989 film was based on the great little novel "Shoeless Joe" by W.P. Kinsella that came out in 1992. Three days ago Major League Baseball played a game on a field next to the one in the movie with Iowa fans in the crowd. They did it the first time a year before with the White Sox and Yankees wearing 1919 uniforms. and Kevin Costner walked out of the cornfield before the game. Chills.
Terrence Mann's main purpose only came at the end to convince Ray not to sell the farm and keep the field to spread peace and fulfillment for those that will come to watch the games.
When the voice said, "Ease his pain," it referred to his father's pain in being rejected by Costner's character as a kid, who wouldn't have a catch with his dad.
One of the things I like best about this movie is they balance the foreshadowing about the father along with the other magic you're seeing so you almost forget about the dad until he's revealed at the end. So when you do see him, you instantly remember all of the teasing they did, even though you were lost in the moment along the way.
Another really great baseball movie is A League of Their Own -- you would love it! -- Its great and everyone loves it -- with Tom Hanks -- Gina Davis -- Lori Petty -- and Madonna
When Doc walked out from the field to help the girl he realized his calling was to be a Dr. not a ball player, but at least he had this day to play with the pros. His pain was eased because he realized he had lived a valuable life. Sometimes we think we missed our call in life but in reality we didn't. Also yes, ease his pain was about his dad.
If you couldn't already tell by my screenname, one of my all time favorite films. I've seen it countless times and I never get tired of it. I think it was a really smart choice not answering every question in the film and leaving a lot to the imagination. It keeps the mysterious nature of it all fresh, no matter how many times you watch it.
I always thought Terry was dying, not dead. And going into the corn was his way of accepting his fate.
probably that too!
Nooooo he was going to write a book, he had his values back, after losing them and having to conform, how could he be dead or accepting his fate he was coming back, he'd gone alive and was coming back alive. A FAIRYTALE.
My father died in 1977, when I was just a couple months shy of my 11th birthday, but in the few years prior to that he and I had bonded over baseball, going to Angels games and watching games on TV or listening to them on the radio, and I had just finished my second year in Little League, which he had been very supportive of (we played catch sometimes too), but when he died, my interest in baseball and enthusiasm for it began to wane considerably, because he wasn’t around to share in the joy of the game. After a few years I even stopped watching ball games on TV, because it would remind me of him and I’d feel sad. So when I saw this movie in 1989, and ever since then, the last scene always has me just crying like a baby, especially when he asks his dad if he wants to have a catch.
As I remember, A LOT of men, grown men, mostly Baby Boomers like Ray but of all ages, cried just like me at the end of this back in 1989, because many of them could very much relate to the fact that they had contentious relationships with their fathers but had bonded through baseball or other sports in earlier times in their lives, and it was very cathartic for many men to watch this film. That’s probably the biggest reason why this film was so popular in 1989 and has had such a strong reputation since then. In many ways it’s timeless.
The "Field of Dreams" is a real baseball field and tourist attraction (originally built for the 1989 movie). It is in Dubuque County, near Dyersville, Iowa.
Major League Baseball had a regular-season game held at the field between the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees on August 12, 2021. Kevin Costner attended the game, and the players all "emerged" from the adjoining corn field just prior to the game. The game resulted in a 9-8 win by the White Sox over the Yankees.
Major League Baseball announced it would return in 2022 for a contest between the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs. Further plans for games are being considered, as well.
Your reaction at the end about wanting to see the game was exactly how I felt. I think what’s really cool is that the MLB actually made the field of dreams baseball field and the second game ever played their will be on tonight!!!
Best baseball movie of all time. The Natural is also good. This is about me ... Perhaps I get to play catch with my own father, in my dreams, every time I watch this, which I first saw not long after he passed. My mother's father was recruited by the NY Yankees back in the day, but he turned them down and stayed in small town Kansas, because he wouldn't leave his family behind. That led to my mother and to me, because of that decision.
I love this film. But I still say the original Bad News Bears is the best baseball movie.
I second the recommendation of The Natural, another baseball themed movie with a dream-like character.
@@trhansen3244 What ... no Angels In The Outfield?
Dr. Moonlight gave up his "spirit dream" to save the girl, but in reality he already lived his dream. It wasn't baseball - it was helping others. This scene gets me every time.
Moonlight Graham was a real person. They did change the year of his death (which was really in 1965), and the year he played his one major league game. The reason was that the book the movie is based on, "Shoeless Joe", came out in the late 70s and used the correct years but they changed the years to fit the timeline to the year the movie came out. He really did become a doctor in Chisholm, Minnesota. And also in the book Ray's father is revealed much earlier, but he didn't know he was Ray's father. It's been a long time since I read it so I don't remember if he ever realized it.
A friend of mine and his family was in the line of cars at the end of the movie. They lived in the next town over.
This movie always bring me to tears. My father passed away young, just 63 years old, when I was 22. He never met my wife or my four children - four of his Grand Children. Now that I'm a Grand father, I reach out to him though my payers to tell him about his descendants.
By the way, neither my father or I reached our dreams. So I am hoping we can in heaven someday.
Archie got to wink at the pitcher and slide into 3rd. He got his dream. He also got to be a doctor for 5 minutes.
Not to be technical, but Archie hit a flyball "out." His teammate tagged up at 3rd base and slid safely into home to score the run. Then Archie jogs back to the bench after he ran to 1B and had made the out. I don't think this came across clearly to a lot of viewers.
Shoeless Joe Jackson was a real guy. His ba was very high: something like 350 lifetime. He was banned for being on the infamous “black Sox” scandal of 1919. He took money to play badly so his team could lose. Oddly Jackson player brilliantly during that World Series. He was banned for the HOF, sadly
Also, Moonlight/Doc Graham is very real too. The author of the book saw his stats in a baseball encyclopedia and looked up his full biography. Many, if not all of the people talking about Doc Graham actually knew the real person and were recalling their memories of him.
I didn’t know; thanks!
Me and my brother grew up playing baseball 10 - 12 hours a day. My dad was an excellent athlete and great golfer, but never came out to play catch with us. My one regret..was not doing that with my dad... He did take us to a lot of Milwaukee Braves games and I eventually took him to a number of Milwaukee Brewers games...
Every man I know of my generation cries at the end of this movie. Baseball was much more than a game to my husband and his father and uncles. Even I, as an immigrant, grew to love it, as did my father. He became a rabid Mets fan! :) I often would go to see our high school team play, or even some Minor League games where it's not too noisy and raucous. There's something so beautiful about sitting on the bleachers on a summer night and watching a game. There's a purity to it.
Burt Lancaster (Doc Graham) was one of classic Hollywood's famous actors. What makes his walk even sadder is that this was his final feature film.
The row of cars at the end were what his daughter & Terrance Mann were talking about. People would pay to come from all over for the “nostalgia” of an old fashion ball park and the feeling of something that was once good that they could not explain. It allowed Ray to keep his farm from the money the people in the huge line of cars at the end payed to come to the stadium.
Each year, Major League Baseball plays one game on the actual Field of Dreams in Iowa. It’s one of the most popular events in sports.
When he meets his father at the end I choke up.
Every. Single. Time….
Ahhh so great.❤️😌 Thanks guys. Love your reactions.
This movie inspired Major League Baseball to play one “Field of Dreams” game per season in Iowa.
I know you edited and made this available from your Patreon back-catalogue of long-ago, so I just want to say a big THANK YOU. This gem still stand up and I liked your reaction to it.
2 more must see Kevin Costner films;
Dances with Wolves, this won 9 Oscars(only Titanic has won more) and is by far the best film about old wild west, the cinematography is stunning.
Bodyguard, also starring Whitney Houston, this has the best selling movie soundtrack of all time.
Doc Graham acheived his dream this time around. He said he wanted 1 time at bat, he never got it that original game he played in 1922. In the field of dreams he got his at bat, so he acheived his dream and chose to leave knowing he can't come back so he could save their daughter.
Doc Graham did NOT give up on his baseball dream. He winked at the pitcher, he made contact with the baseball and felt the shock up-n-down his arms, but he didn't get to flop in the dirt to hug third base. He gets to return to heaven as Doc Graham.
Usually cornfields don’t talk, they listen. They’re all ears.
Dad, is that you?
This is such a good dad joke, I want to have a catch with it.
This was the last movie I watched with my dad before he passed. It's very special to me.
awww so sorry to hear that! may ur dad rest in peace
Watch this Thursday night on Fox... Cincinatti and Chicago will be playing Baseball right next to the field in the Film. It's called the "Field of Dreams" Game.
26:27 "Hey, Rookie... You were Good!" A Tribute to Burt Lancaster.
One of favorite films of all time, it'd just beautiful and no matter how many times I watch it I get emotional.
Doc gives up his dreams twice, but both times it results in him saving people’s lives. Doc is the real hero of this film. Following our dreams but also letting go of them, quite a juxtaposition. I loved your thought that maybe Ray and Terrance were out recruiting a team. Also you are one of the few that realize it was Ray’s pain that was to be eased. I’d never considered that the players would continue to visit, that means John will be able to watch his granddaughter grow up!
I did an oral report in 10th grade English class because of this film. I read a biography on Shoeless Joe, who was from my home state of South Carolina, then gave a report to the class. It was a lot of fun.
The real-life story of how Shoeless Joe was banned from baseball was told in one of the OTHER great baseball movies, 1988's "Eight Men Out":
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(Also, in the book, the reclusive James Earl Jones author was a fictional JD Salinger, and the school committee was banning the often-banned "Catcher in the Rye", but the director thought that real-life intrusion would be too distracting.)
I've never managed to watch this movie all the way through so it's wonderful seeing it with you guys! 🥰😇🤩😍
I am proud to say I have been to the Field of Dreams, I am from Australia so it was quite a trek. It was the best $20 I will ever spend. I just sat on the bleachers watching families throw the ball about, I got lost in my own thoughts for a couple of hours. The corn was high and I just thought about those players coming out to have a hit. The film itself gets me every time, I don't know baseball but its not just about baseball as you can see. Its in my top 3 films ever. I hope the field is never let go, it means so much to so many! Thanks for watching and sharing
Archie’s dream came true. He wanted to bat one time, and he did.
Amazing movie, where art and movies make you feel!
A couple of years ago, a big league baseball stadium was built in an Iowa cornfield because of this movie and now one special Major League baseball game a year is played there for dreamers called "The Field of Dreams Game". It's been a huge success!
Moonlight Graham, the old man version is played by the great actor Burt Lancaster. Once a giant leading man/stuntman in the 40's thru the eighties. God, I'm old!!
Like Shoeless Joe, Archie "Moonlight" Graham was also a real person, btw. The bio given him in the movie is a little off, but he has the real life distinction of having one of the shortest major league baseball careers in history. He also became a doctor in Chisholm Minnesota just as the movie portrayed him. And the part in the bar where they were talking to the town folk about him these were actually people who knew him and the stories they told were genuine.
One final thing about the Chishom scene that you seem to have missed, though. In the movie Ray wasn't seeing Doc Graham as a ghost when he talked to him on the street. He actually somehow got transported back in time to 1972 so that he could talk to him while he was still alive. And you can tell that because after noticing the Nixon campaign sign and that the Godfather was playing as a first run movie on the marquee and realizing something was goofy, he bent down and got proof of what year it was from the license plate.
Moonlight, was the great actor, Hollywood royalty, Burt Lancaster! The original action hero!
The field is still there in the cornfield and you can go there and play catch or have a game. You can also tour the house. The MLB built a larger field next to this one (Again, in the cornfield) and hold Major League games when the corn is high. When the teams come out at the beginning of the game, they walk out of the cornfield.
One amazing fact about the movie is that the cornfield has power lines going over the field. When they made the movie, they moved the power lines around the field and when it was done, they moved them back.
One of the greatest movies to me rip Ray Liota
you guys know that the dream for Moonlight Graham was to bat one time. He did, and now has the memory of doing, and went back to his life that he loved, having fulfilled his dream. Also, since he did what is called a "sacrifice fly" in baseball, his stats don't change. From a baseball standpoint it was perfect.
1. I think Joy was saying shoe lace Joe. Its Shoeless (meaning without shoes) Joe.
2. Did you realize that was James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader?
Such a pleasant movie, even if you're not a baseball fan, this movie feels like a kids movie for adults :D It speaks to the child inside grownups.
The daughter is in one of the most iconic movies of the 90s called, Now and then.” It has one of the most iconic cast of the 90s and it’s a blast it’s like the girls version of the goonies that takes place in the 60s
Great reaction!! Wonderful thoughts that you had on the meaning of the movie! It took me a while to fully grasp everything but you did very well!! Impressive!!
Dai i love this movie🥹🥹 and of course the reaction of u both 😍 BTW Marian’s new hair looks so cool 😎
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I love this bit..."Well, now we got another ghost in the Mystery Machine."
I never really " got " this film until i watched your reaction, so thank you.
The old doctor was played by Burt Lancaster - in his heyday at least as big a movie star as Kevin K.
Kevin loves baseball. He did Bull Durham and For the Love of the Game, and voiced a great documentary about the greatest pitcher ever, Nolan Ryan. Theres another documentary also called, Facing Nolan.
You guys are so great. Love your reactions! This is such a wonderful film with a pitch-perfect cast, pun intended. Thanks for this reaction.
The actor who played Terence Mann, James Earl Jones, is the voice of Darth Vader in the First Star wars films.👍
Great editing on this. I think you caught every important scene. Except maybe for when Archie almost gets beaned and the guy on the bench says “Don’t wink kid”
Just subscribed! This is one of my favorite movies and I loved watching you figure it out. You guys are great! Thank you!
My dad died many years ago. I still wish I could have a catch with him one more time. This movie always reminds me of that...
You guys are so fun to watch. You really get into the movie and are always trying to figure it out, to cool.
Moonlight didnt give up on his dream, being a doctor was always his destiny, he said it himself...He just became who he was meant to be.. I also believe Terrance Mann to be dead..He was just another unfulfilled spirit, he had lost love for the game...He makes that speech and his love comes back, thats why they invite him to come with them...He's now at peace
That baseball field is still there if you ever get to Iowa you can see it!I read somewhere that the writer J D Salinger the writer of The Catcher in the Rye was the character but they changed his name to Terrence Mann and race to avoid being sued!
That’s interesting and makes sense. Mr. Salinger seemed to dislike publicity.
From talking to people who have watched this movie, I have realized that not a lot of them understand what the voices were all about. At the end, when Ray and Annie saw that the catcher was Ray's father, they repeated what the voice had said ..... "If you build it, he will come," "Go the distance," and "Ease his pain," they both turn to Shoeless Joe and Ray says "It was you." Joe turns back to Ray and says "No Ray, it was you." The voice was actually Ray speaking to himself. That's why Annie and Karin never heard the voice.
I've always taken that as Ray thinking the field was for Shoeless Joe Jackson to be able to play again, and all the others especially the ones who were found guilty of match fixing, because afterwards it was found not to be true.
Ray to Joe, for you.
Joe to Ray, no Ray it was for you.
I've never taken much notice of the voices, but the same there, Ray was the only one to hear them in the corn because everything was being done for him to play catch with his father, the same as only the believers could see the players.
I know it says the voices himself the same thing, Ray was the only one who had to hear them because it was all for him.
The people at the end are real. And his father died that fall after he got married. So he wasn't that young. Many lessons and dreams coming true for all in the movie. Thanx for the reaction, take care..xx