Kinsella encounters “Midnight” one evening and after a few seconds, we realize he too is a ghost. Lancaster’s performance was one of his final roles and he pegged it. Two incredible performances that I will never forget from the film are from two iconic mega-stars: Burt Lancaster as Archibald “Midnight” Graham and James Earl Jones as Terence Mann. I always thought that a sequel to this film might be a good idea, but then I stopped and said, what would the story be? Does George Steinbrenner try to buy the team and the ghost of Marvin Miller organizes a strike? Too many successful films have tried to add sequels and only a few really work (see The Godfather, the Indiana Jones films, Mad Max: Fury Road) while there have been a ton of big flops, so not doing a sequel was a sage move. In many films, there is that moment when you ask yourself how much longer is this thing? But, great movies have you wanting more-much more-and this one definitely did. I was immediately immersed in the film and I never got bored at any time. It’s such a marvelous tale that we don’t ever question any of it. It meanders along and stops to enjoy itself at almost every meaningful juncture.
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The filmmakers have taken an already excellent book and turned it into a movie that is balanced and with a sense of rhythm, like great jazz. It’s a fable and completely implausible, but no one seems to care. It is one of those perfect baseball stories where baseball is surely a big part of it, but the story is really about family, love and our connection to the past.
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But in short, these ghosts of old classic players emerging from a corn field leads to a series of life-changing experiences for Kinsella and his family. This is the setup for a terrific movie and if you haven’t seen it, I won’t go any further.
He later returns with the seven other players banned as a result of the 1919 scandal. Thrilled to be able to play baseball once more, Jackson asks to bring other players to the field to play.
Ray immediately recognizes him as Shoeless Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta), a deceased baseball player idolized by his father. Annie is skeptical, but she allows him to plow the corn under in order to build a baseball field, even though their farm is on the brink of bankruptcy.Īs he builds the field, Kinsella shares the story of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal with Annie and one night, Karin spots a uniformed man on the field.
While walking through his cornfield one night, Ray hears a voice whispering, “If you build it, he will come” and sees a vision of a baseball diamond in his field. We learn rather quickly that Ray had daddy issues with his late father John, a devoted baseball fan. In Field of Dreams, we meet Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) who is a novice Iowa farmer who lives with his wife Annie (Amy Madigan) and daughter Karin (Gaby Hoffman).
But to find anything that I don’t like about Field of Dreams is going to be difficult, just to warn you. I have been honest and straightforward with my reviews up to this point, which brought me some criticism along the way, so I’m not going to change my approach. But, rather than just gush away and get all warm and fuzzy about this movie like a rabid fanboy, I realize that I need to adroitly review this film because that’s the gig. I have been waiting to review Field of Dreams since Eric and I started this series, because this has always been my #1.
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