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'''''Field of Dreams''''' is a [[1989]] fantasy [[film]] which tells the story of a man who builds a [[baseball]] diamond in his [[Iowa]] corn field. It stars [[Kevin Costner]], [[Amy Madigan]], [[Gaby Hoffmann]], [[Ray Liotta]], [[Timothy Busfield]], [[James Earl Jones]], [[Burt Lancaster]] and [[Frank Whaley]]. (Madigan and Hoffman also appeared in ''[[Uncle Buck]]'' the same year.)

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{{Infobox film

| image = Field of Dreams poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster by [[Mick McGinty]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mickmcginty.com/field-of-dreams|title=Field of Dreams|website=Mick McGinty}}</ref>

| alt =

| director = [[Phil Alden Robinson]]

| producer = {{Plainlist|

* [[Lawrence Gordon (producer)|Lawrence Gordon]]

* [[Charles Gordon (producer)|Charles Gordon]]

}}

| screenplay = Phil Alden Robinson

| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Shoeless Joe (novel)|Shoeless Joe]]''|[[W. P. Kinsella|W.P. Kinsella]]}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

* [[Kevin Costner]]

* [[Amy Madigan]]

* [[James Earl Jones]]

* [[Ray Liotta]]

* [[Burt Lancaster]]

}}

| music = [[James Horner]]

| editing = Ian Crafford

| cinematography = [[John Lindley (cinematographer)|John Lindley]]

| studio = Gordon Company

| distributor = {{Plainlist|

* [[Universal Pictures]] (United States)

* [[Carolco Pictures]] (International)<ref>{{cite web|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Carolco Deal On Europe TV|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=27 April 1990|access-date=15 July 2022|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/27/business/the-media-business-carolco-deal-on-europe-tv.html}}</ref>

}}

| released = {{Film date|1989|04|21|United States}}

| runtime = 106 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $15 million<ref>{{cite news |author= Laff at the Movies |date= April 20, 2012 |url= http://blogs.woodtv.com/2012/04/20/review-touchback-is-an-inspiring-drama-that-will-make-you-smile/ |title= Review: "Touchback" Is an Inspiring Drama that Will Make You Smile |___location= Grand Rapids, MI |publisher= [[WOOD-TV]] |access-date= August 26, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150906090536/http://blogs.woodtv.com/2012/04/20/review-touchback-is-an-inspiring-drama-that-will-make-you-smile/ |archive-date= September 6, 2015 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://jeffcarneyfilms.com/Field_Of_Dreams.html |title= 'Field of Dreams' |work= JeffCarneyFilms.com |access-date= August 26, 2013 |archive-date= September 14, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130914035945/http://www.jeffcarneyfilms.com/Field_Of_Dreams.html |url-status= dead }}</ref>

| gross = $84.5 million<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0097351/?ref_=bo_rl_ti |title= Field of Dreams (1989) |work= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date= August 26, 2013 |archive-date= September 29, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130929182543/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fieldofdreams.htm |url-status= live }}</ref>

}}

'''''Field of Dreams''''' is a 1989 American [[sports film|sports]] [[fantasy film|fantasy]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Phil Alden Robinson]], and based on Canadian novelist [[W. P. Kinsella]]'s 1982 novel ''[[Shoeless Joe (novel)|Shoeless Joe]]''. The film stars [[Kevin Costner]] as a farmer who builds a baseball field in his cornfield that attracts the ghosts of baseball legends, including [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]] ([[Ray Liotta]]) and the [[Black Sox Scandal|Chicago Black Sox]]. [[Amy Madigan]], [[James Earl Jones]], and [[Burt Lancaster]] (in his final film role) also star.

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==Plot==

In the original novel, ''Shoeless Joe'', the character played by James Earl Jones, called Terrence Mann in the movie, is [[J. D. Salinger]]. In [[1947]], Salinger wrote a story called ''A Young Girl In 1941 With No Waist At All'' featuring a character named Ray Kinsella.

Ray Kinsella lives with his wife, Annie, and daughter, Karin, on their corn farm in [[Dyersville, Iowa]]. Troubled by his broken relationship with his late father John, a devoted [[baseball]] fan, Ray fears growing old without ever having done anything to achieve his dreams.

While walking through his cornfield one evening, Ray hears a voice whispering, "If you build it, he will come";<ref name=misquote>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3c_pJ_CLJQ|website=youtube|title=If You Build It, They Will Come|first=All About|last=The Son|year=2023|quote=""If you build it, he will come" is often misquoted as "If You Build It, They Will Come""}}</ref> he sees a vision of a [[baseball diamond]] in the cornfield and the ghost of [[Shoeless Joe Jackson|"Shoeless" Joe Jackson]] standing in the middle. Annie agrees to uproot part of their field to build a baseball field, at risk of financial hardship.

The character played by Burt Lancaster and Frank Whaley, Archie "Moonlight" Graham, was a real baseball player. The background of the character is his true life.

As Ray builds the field, he tells Karin about the 1919 [[Black Sox Scandal]]. Time passes, and as Ray is beginning to doubt himself, Shoeless Joe reappears one evening. After tossing a few balls around the field, Joe asks Ray if he can come back with more players. Ray says they are all welcome. The next day, Joe returns with the seven other Black Sox players. Annie's brother, Mark, cannot see the players. He warns the couple they are going bankrupt and offers to buy their land. The voice, meanwhile, urges Ray to "ease his pain."

==Making of the Film==

===The Field===

[[Image:FldofDrmsHmPlate051904.jpg|left|thumbnail|Home Plate]]

The studio built the baseball diamond on two actual farms a few miles outside [[Dyersville, Iowa]]. Most of the field, including the diamond, was on one farm, but left and center field were on an adjacent property. After filming was completed, the family owning the most of the baseball field kept it intact, and added a small hut where visitors could buy souvenirs. The owner of left and center field returned his land to farming for a year, but then restored the remainder of the field and opened up his own souvenir hut. The two owners continue to maintain separate tourist facilities, and have been at odds for several years.

Ray and Annie attend a [[Parent–teacher association|PTA]] meeting, where she argues against some who are trying to ban books by Terence Mann, a controversial author and activist from the 1960s. Ray deduces the voice was referring to Mann, who had named one of his characters "John Kinsella" and had once professed a childhood dream of playing for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]. That night, after Ray and Annie have identical dreams about Ray and Mann attending a game together at [[Fenway Park]], Ray drives to [[Boston]] to find him. Mann, who has become a disenchanted recluse, agrees to attend one game. There Ray hears the voice urging him to "go the distance", while seeing statistics on the scoreboard for [[Moonlight Graham|Archie "Moonlight" Graham]], who played in one 1922 game for the [[New York Giants (MLB)|New York Giants]] but never got to bat. Mann also admits to hearing the voice and seeing the scoreboard.

In the movie, the scene where [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]] (Liotta) talks to Ray Kinsella, Costner's character, about Heaven, fog is seen creeping out of the corn field and across the diamond. This was not a special effect -- the fog had actually come in at the time. Director Robinson decided to keep shooting, he felt the fog gave an eerie feel to the scene.

The pair drive to [[Chisholm, Minnesota]], and learn that Graham, who became a physician, had died years earlier. Ray researches Graham, whose obituary said he was a beloved and charitable doctor, but makes no mention of his baseball career. Ray suddenly finds himself in 1972, and meets an elderly Graham, who feels his calling in life was medicine, not sports, and declines to visit Ray's baseball field. During the drive back to Iowa, Ray and Mann pick up a young hitchhiker named Archie Graham, who is looking for a baseball team to join. Ray later tells Mann that his father dreamed of being a baseball player, then tried to make him pick up the sport instead. At 14, after reading one of Mann's books, Ray stopped playing catch with his father, and they became estranged after he mocked John, saying "[he] could never respect a man whose hero [Joe] was a criminal." Ray admits that his greatest regret is that his father died before they could reconcile.

===Places Featured in the Film===

Except for a few ___location shots for [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], much of the film was shot in and around [[Dubuque County, Iowa]]. Places that were used in the film were;

[[Image:4thElevator7.jpg|thumbnail|right|Downtown Dubuque]]

*Dubuque was featured in the following

**[[University of Dubuque]]- Kevin Costner's character Ray looks up information on Terrance Mann in the school libary. When they are walking to their truck Blades Hall and the main administration building are shown. Where Amy Madigan's character Annie parked the truck is actually a no parking zone.

**Hendricks Feed. This is the store where Ray had gone to purchase supplies, it's located in downtown Dubuque.

**Terrance Mann's Apartment and Neighborhood. This was located near 17th Street and Central Ave in Dubuque. Central Ave is still a one way street for southbound traffic, however in this film it appears as a two way street.

**The Airline Inn. This roadside motel is about three miles south of Dubuque along US Highways 61/151. This is the motel where Ray and Terrance stayed while traveling to Minnesota.

**The Downtown Gas Station. The gas station where Ray gets directions to Terrance Mann's place was originally just south of the intersection of 3rd and Locust Streets in Dubuque. The gas station is no longer there. Despite the fact that it was one of the first gas stations in the city, the city decided to have the gas station torn down to facilitate economic development. It is now mainly a parking lot for the [http://www.bricktowndubuque.com Bricktown] resturant that was opened in the building that was behind the gas station.

*[[Farley, Iowa]]. The PTA meeting about Terrance Mann's books was at Western Dubuque High School, which is located in Farley, Iowa.

*[[Galena, Illinois]] was used to represent parts of [[Chisholm, Minnesota]] for this movie.

As they continue the drive, Mann and Ray agree that the building of the field, and bringing Joe back, is Ray's penance for his estrangement from his father. Arriving at the farm, they see various all-star players of the 1920s have arrived, fielding a second team. A game is played and Graham finally gets his turn at bat.

===Local Roads Shown===

The film used local roads quite extensively to represent the drive from Dyersville to Boston, to Boston to Chisholm, and Chisholm to Dyersville. The following is some of the local roadways used;

*[[US Highway 20]] - Part of the highway between the [[Illinois]] towns of [[East Dubuque, Illinois|East Dubuque]] and Galena was used to represent the drive from Boston to Crisholm. The [[Citgo]] station where Ray and Terrance stopped was along the highway west of Dubuque. When Ray and Annie are driving home from town, parts of the highway west of Dubuque are shown.

*[[US Highway 52]] - Parts of the highway north of Dubuque were used in the drive from Crisholm to Dyersville.

*[[US Highway 151]] - A portion of this highway that is about six miles south of Dubuque is seen in the scene where Ray and Terrance are in the van and talking about Ray's father. About a mile after 151 splits off from [[US Highway 61]] there is a large hill. The van is filmed going up this hill in the southbound lanes, then it is filmed going back down the hill in the northbound lanes.

The next day, Mark returns, demanding that Ray sell the farm or the bank will foreclose on him. Karin insists that people will pay to watch the ballgames. Mann agrees, saying that "people will come" to relive their childhood innocence. Ray and Mark scuffle, accidentally knocking Karin off the bleachers. Graham{{snd}}despite knowing he will be unable to return after stepping off the field{{snd}}saves her from choking on a hot dog. Having become old Doc Graham again, he reassures Ray that he has no regrets. As he heads back toward the cornfield, he is commended by the other players, and before he can enter it, Shoeless Joe calls out, "Hey, rookie!" Graham stops and turns to Shoeless Joe, who tells him, "You were good." Doc Graham's eyes shine with tears before he smiles, turns back toward the corn, and disappears into it. Suddenly, Mark too can see the players and urges Ray to keep the farm after all.

===Extras===

Some from the community, as well as some more well known Hollywood actors were used as extras. [[Ben Affleck]] and [[Matt Damon]] appear as extras and are uncredited. Local radio personality Paul Hemmer also was an uncredited extra when he appeared as the husband who held "Beulah - the Angry PTA Mother" back after Annie asked her if she wanted to step outside. Local businessman and Iowa lawmaker Paul Scherrman also appeared as an extra in the film as an additional ballplayer.

Shoeless Joe invites Mann to enter the corn, and Mann happily accepts. Ray is angry at not being invited but Joe rebukes him, glancing towards the catcher at [[home plate]], saying, "If you build it, ''he'' will come."<Ref name=misquote/> When the catcher removes his mask, Ray recognizes him as his father, John, as a young man. Ray and Annie then understand that "ease his pain" and "go the distance" both refer to Ray and his father.

==Synopsis==

Ray introduces John to his wife and daughter, without acknowledging him as his father. Later, as evening falls, John says goodnight to Ray and they shake hands. As John is walking towards the cornfield, Ray, addressing him as "Dad", asks him if he'd like to play catch. John gladly accepts, as a long line of cars is seen approaching the field, fulfilling the prophecy that people will come to the field to watch baseball.

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==Cast==

A child of the [[1960s|Sixties]], Ray Kinsella is convinced by his wife to move from [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]] and live on a farm in [[Iowa]]. He's 30 years old and up to his ears in mortgage debt when he hears a mysterious voice in his cornfield. "If you build it, he will come." Annie and his daughter don't hear it.

<!--- Cast per tombstone opening credits, plus highlighted Black Sox players, order and roles per closing credits scroll --->

{{Cast listing|

* [[Kevin Costner]] as Ray Kinsella

* [[Amy Madigan]] as Annie Kinsella

* [[Gaby Hoffmann]] as Karin Kinsella

* [[James Earl Jones]] as Terence Mann

* [[Ray Liotta]] as [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]]

* [[Timothy Busfield]] as Mark

* [[Kelly Coffield Park]] as Dee, Mark's wife

* [[Burt Lancaster]] as [[Moonlight Graham|Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham]]

** [[Frank Whaley]] as young Archibald Graham

* [[Dwier Brown]] as John Kinsella

* [[Lee Garlington]] as Beulah Gasnick

* [[Michael Milhoan]] as [[Buck Weaver]] (third baseman)

* [[Steve Eastin]] as [[Eddie Cicotte]] (pitcher)

* [[Charles Hoyes]] as [[Swede Risberg]] (catcher)

* [[Art LaFleur]] as [[Chick Gandil]] (first baseman)

}}

In addition, [[Anne Seymour (actress)|Anne Seymour]], who died four months before the film's release, makes her final film appearance as [[Veda Ponikvar]], the kindly Chisholm publisher who helps Ray and Mann. The identity of the actor who provided "The Voice", who speaks to Ray throughout the film, has remained unconfirmed since the film's release. Some believe it is Costner or Liotta, but the book's author [[W. P. Kinsella]] said he was told it was [[Ed Harris]] (Madigan's husband). Then-teenagers [[Matt Damon]] and [[Ben Affleck]] were extras in the Fenway Park scene.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/19-facts-about-field-of-dreams-that-go-the-distance|title=19 facts about 'Field of Dreams' that go the distance|website=FOX Sports|access-date=September 3, 2019|archive-date=September 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903044328/https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/field-of-dreams-facts-trivia-quotes-costner-clips-history-052517|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/10797026/mlb-wp-kinsella-25th-anniversary-field-dreams|title=Kinsella: "Field of Dreams" and "Shoeless Joe"|date=April 17, 2014|website=ESPN.com|access-date=September 3, 2019|archive-date=September 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903044321/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/10797026/mlb-wp-kinsella-25th-anniversary-field-dreams|url-status=live}}</ref>

The next time he hears the voice, he also sees three visions of a [[baseball]] field illuminated for a night game, as well as a vision of [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]]. He becomes convinced that he's supposed to construct a ballfield so that Shoeless Joe, suspended from [[Major League Baseball]] in a [[1919 World Series|gambling scandal]], can play baseball again. Annie thinks he's crazy but also thinks that "If you really think you should do this, then you ought to do it."

==Production==

To the jeers of his neighbors, Ray plows under several acres of ripening corn and constructs a full-size ball field next to his house. It looks great, but nothing happens, and a year later he's in "moderate to severe financial difficulties". He can keep the field, but that makes it "awfully hard to keep the farm" as his wife sympathetically points out. At this point, his daughter pops in to announce, "There's a man on your lawn."

[[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] executive [[Sara Colleton]] first discovered and optioned [[Shoeless Joe (novel)|''Shoeless Joe'']] in early-1980s. Colleton developed the project<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Carlson |first=Erin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ruOkEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22While+Colleton+developed+Field+Of+Dreams+At+Fox%22&pg=PT27 |title=No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own |date=September 5, 2023 |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=9780306830204 |___location=New York City, New York |publication-date=September 5, 2023 |pages=27 |language=English}}</ref> with producers [[Lawrence Gordon (producer)|Lawrence]] and [[Charles Gordon (producer)|Charles Gordon]]. Lawrence Gordon worked for [[20th Century Fox]], part of the time as its president, and repeatedly mentioned that the book should be adapted into a film, but the studio always turned down the suggestion because they felt the project was too esoteric and noncommercial—Fox’s Production Chief, [[Scott Rudin]], eventually withdrew his support and put ''Field of Dreams'' into turnaround.<ref name=":0" /> Meanwhile, Phil Alden Robinson went ahead with his script, frequently consulting Kinsella for advice on the adaptation. Lawrence Gordon left Fox in 1986 and started pitching the adaptation to other studios. [[Universal Pictures]] accepted the project in 1987 and hired [[USC Trojans baseball|USC]] coach [[Rod Dedeaux]] as baseball advisor. Dedeaux brought along [[World Series]] champion and USC alumnus [[Don Buford]] to coach the actors.<ref name=scrap/>

The film was shot using the novel's title; eventually, an executive decision was made to rename it ''Field of Dreams''. Robinson did not like the name, saying he loved ''Shoeless Joe'', and that the new title was better suited for one about dreams deferred. Kinsella told Robinson after the fact that his original title for the book had been ''The Dream Field'' and that the publisher had imposed the title ''Shoeless Joe''.<ref>{{cite news |first= Nina J. |last= Easton |date= April 21, 1989 |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-21-ca-2279-story.html |title= Diamonds Are Forever : Director Fields the Lost Hopes of Adolescence |work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date= March 19, 2015 |archive-date= November 5, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131105232411/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-04-21/entertainment/ca-2279_1_ray-kinsella-dreams-baseball-movie/2 |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Quotes==

Tagline: "If you build it, they will come."

===Casting===

:Shoeless Joe Jackson: "Is this heaven?"

Robinson and the producers did not originally consider [[Kevin Costner]] for the part of Ray Kinsella because they did not think that he would want to follow ''[[Bull Durham]]'' with another baseball film. The role of Ray was first offered to [[Tom Hanks]] but he turned it down.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/20-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-field-of-dreams|title = 20 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Field of Dreams|date = August 17, 2014}}</ref> He did, however, end up reading the script and became interested in the project, stating that he felt it would be "this generation's ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''". Since Robinson's directing debut ''[[In the Mood (film)|In the Mood]]'' had been a commercial failure, Costner also said that he would help him with the production. [[Amy Madigan]], a fan of the book, joined the cast as Ray's wife, Annie.

:Ray Kinsella: "No, it's Iowa."

In the book, the writer Ray seeks out is real-life author [[J.D. Salinger]]. When Salinger threatened the production with a lawsuit if his name was used, Robinson decided to rewrite the character as reclusive Terence Mann. He wrote with [[James Earl Jones]] in mind because he thought it would be fun to see Ray trying to kidnap such a big man.

:"Well, you know I... I never got to bat in the major leagues. I would have liked to have had that chance. Just once. To stare down a big league pitcher. To stare him down, and just as he goes into his windup, wink. Make him think you know something he doesn't. That's what I wish for. Chance to squint at a sky so blue that it hurts your eyes just to look at it. To feel the tingling in your arm as you connect with the ball. To run the bases -- stretch a double into a triple, and flop face-first into third, wrap your arms around the bag. That's my wish, Ray Kinsella. That's my wish. And is there enough magic out there in the moonlight to make this dream come true?"

Robinson had originally envisioned Shoeless Joe Jackson as being played by an actor in his 40s, someone who would be older than Costner and who could thereby act as a father surrogate. [[Ray Liotta]] did not fit that criterion, but Robinson thought he would be a better fit for the part because he had the "sense of danger" and ambiguity which Robinson wanted in the character. The role of Moonlight Graham was offered to [[James Stewart]] but he turned it down.<ref name="variety.com">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/field-of-dreams-30th-anniversary-kevin-costner-1203192967/|title='Field of Dreams' Turns 30: Why the Baseball Classic Still Holds a Special Place in America's Hearts (And Heartland)|date=April 19, 2019}}</ref>

[[Image:FldofDrmsHmBlcrHouse051904.jpg|left|thumbnail|The Bleachers and the House]]

:"Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it's money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. And the memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh,.. people will come Ray. People will most definitely come."

[[Burt Lancaster]] had originally turned down the part of Moonlight Graham, but changed his mind after a friend, who was also a baseball fan, told him that he had to work on the film.<ref name=scrap>{{cite AV media |chapter= The 'Field of Dreams' Scrapbook |title= Field of Dreams |medium= DVD }}{{full citation needed|date=March 2015}}<!--If this is from a printed booklet, switch to "cite AV media notes".--></ref>

==External Links==

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097351/ IMDb entry on ''Field of Dreams'']

* [http://www.fieldofdreamsmoviesite.com The Web Site by the Lansing Family.]

**The Lansing family owns most of the field.

* [http://www.leftandcenterfod.com Left And Center Field of Dreams]

**This is the site operated by the company that was created to manage the portion of left field that is owned by the neighboring farmer.

* [http://www.dyersville.org The Dyersville Area Chamber of Commerece]

* [http://www.dubuquechamber.com The Dubuque Chamber of Commerece]

* [http://www.dubuquechamber.com/Visitors/index.html Dubuque Visitor's Guide]

* [http://www.galena.org The Galena Convention and Visitor's Bureau]

* [http://www.dbq.edu The University of Dubuque]

==Other Images=Filming===

Filming began on May 25, 1988. The shooting schedule was built around Costner's availability because he would be leaving in August to film ''[[Revenge (1990 film)|Revenge]]''. Except for some weather delays and other time constraints, production rolled six days a week. The interior scenes were the first ones shot because the cornfield planted by the filmmakers was taking too long to grow. Irrigation had to be used to quickly grow the corn to Costner's height. Primary shot locations were in [[Dubuque County, Iowa]]; [[Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa)|a farm]] near [[Dyersville, Iowa|Dyersville]] was used for the Kinsella home; an empty warehouse in [[Dubuque, Iowa|Dubuque]] was used to build various interior sets. [[Galena, Illinois]], served as Moonlight Graham's [[Chisholm, Minnesota]].<ref name="scrap" /> One week was spent on ___location shots in [[Boston]], most notably [[Fenway Park]].<ref>{{cite AV media |chapter= Production Notes |title= Field of Dreams |medium= DVD }}{{full citation needed|date=March 2015}}<!--If this is from a printed booklet, switch to "cite AV media notes".--></ref>

[[Image:FldofDrmsHmPlateView051904.jpg|left|thumbnail|View from behind home plate]]

Robinson, despite having a sufficient budget as well as the cast and crew he wanted, constantly felt tense and depressed during filming. He felt that he was under too much pressure to create an outstanding film, and that he was not doing justice to the original novel. Lawrence Gordon convinced him that the end product would be effective.<ref name=scrap/>

[[Image:FldofDrmsPtcrMound051904.jpg|left|thumbnail|View from the pitcher's mound]]

During a lunch with the Iowa Chamber of Commerce, Robinson broached his idea of a final scene in which headlights could be seen for miles along the horizon. The Chamber folks replied that it could be done and the shooting of the final scene became a community event. The film crew was hidden on the farm to make sure the aerial shots did not reveal them. A [[production assistant]] drove from the set into town and measured the distance between, deducing it would require 1,500 cars to fill the shot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-morning-briefing-20190624-story.html|title = Morning Briefing: Who was the voice in 'Field of Dreams'?| website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date = June 24, 2019}}</ref> Dyersville was then blacked out and local extras drove their vehicles to the field. In order to give the illusion of movement, the drivers were instructed to continuously switch between their low and high beams.

[[Image:FldofDrmsRayAnnie051904.jpg|left|thumbnail|Ray Loves Annie]]

===Field===

[[File:Field of Dreams (7017559801).jpg|thumb|[[Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa)|The Field of Dreams]], [[Dyersville, Iowa]], 2012]]

{{main|Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa)}}

Scenes of the Kinsella farm were taken on the property of Don Lansing in [[Dyersville, Iowa]]; some of the [[baseball field]] scenes were shot on the neighboring farm of Al Ameskamp. Because the shooting schedule was too short for grass to naturally grow, the experts on [[sod]] [[Turf management|laying]] responsible for [[Dodger Stadium]] and the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] were hired to create the baseball field. Part of the process involved painting the turf green.<ref name=scrap/>

==Soundtrack==

[[Leonard Bernstein]] was the first choice to compose the score for the film but he was overbooked.<ref name="variety.com"/> At first, [[James Horner]] was unsure if he could work on the film due to scheduling restrictions until he watched a rough cut and was so moved that he accepted the job of scoring it. Robinson had created a [[temp track]] which was disliked by Universal executives. When the announcement of Horner as composer was made, the executives felt more positive because they expected a big orchestral score, similar to Horner's work for ''[[An American Tail]]''. Horner, in contrast, liked the temporary score, finding it "quiet and kind of ghostly". He decided to follow the idea of the temp track, creating an atmospheric soundtrack which would "focus on the emotions".<ref name=scrap/> The score was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]] but lost to the [[Alan Menken]] score for ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''.<ref name=oscars>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/1990/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_1|title = Academy Awards, USA (1990)| website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> In addition to Horner's score, portions of several pop songs are heard during the film. They are listed in the following order in the closing credits:

* "[[Crazy (Willie Nelson song)|Crazy]]", written by [[Willie Nelson]] and performed by [[Beverly D'Angelo]]

* "[[Daydream (The Lovin' Spoonful song)|Daydream]]", written by [[John Sebastian]] and performed by [[the Lovin' Spoonful]]

* "[[Jessica (instrumental)|Jessica]]", written by [[Dickey Betts]] and performed by [[the Allman Brothers Band]]

* "[[China Grove (song)|China Grove]]", written by [[Tom Johnston (musician)|Tom Johnston]] and performed by [[the Doobie Brothers]]

* "Lotus Blossom", written by [[Billy Strayhorn]] and performed by [[Duke Ellington]]

==Historical connections==

The character played by Burt Lancaster and Frank Whaley, [[Moonlight Graham|Archibald "Moonlight" Graham]], is based on an actual baseball player with the same name. His character is largely true to life except for a few factual liberties taken for artistic reasons. For instance, the real Graham's lone major league game occurred in June 1905,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgrahm101.htm |title= Moonlight Graham |publisher= Retrosheet.org |access-date= June 5, 2010 |archive-date= September 24, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145244/http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgrahm101.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> rather than on the final day of the 1922 season. The real Graham died in 1965, as opposed to 1972 as the film depicts. In the film, Terence Mann interviews a number of people about Graham. The DVD special points out that the facts they gave him were taken from articles written about the real man.

==Release==

Universal scheduled ''Field of Dreams'' to open in the U.S. on April 21, 1989. The film debuted in just a few theaters and was gradually released to more screens so that it would have a spot among the summer blockbusters. It ended up playing until December.<ref name=scrap/> The film was released in the Philippines by Eastern Films on November 1, 1989.<ref>{{cite news|title=Your Dreams Will Come True Today|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19891101&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=January 3, 2019|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Standard Publishing, Inc.|date=November 1, 1989|page=27|quote=Due to Insistent Public Demand We're Opening Today!}}</ref>

==Reception==

On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of 88% based on 65 reviews, with an average rating of 7.90/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "''Field of Dreams'' is sentimental, but in the best way; it's a mix of fairy tale, baseball, and family togetherness."<ref>{{cite web |title= 'Field of Dreams' |url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/field_of_dreams/ |work= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date= October 7, 2022 |archive-date= July 14, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190714173402/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/field_of_dreams/ |url-status= live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |title= Field of Dreams |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/field-of-dreams |website= [[Metacritic]] |access-date= December 1, 2019 |archive-date= August 28, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190828192444/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/field-of-dreams |url-status= live }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on scale of A+ to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) A |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] awarded the film a perfect four stars, admiring its ambition: "This is the kind of movie [[Frank Capra]] might have directed, and [[James Stewart]] might have starred in—a movie about dreams."<ref>{{cite news |date= April 21, 1989 |author= Roger Ebert |author-link= Roger Ebert |title= Field of Dreams Movie Review & Film Summary (1989) |work= [[Chicago Sun-Times]] |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/field-of-dreams-1989 |access-date= December 1, 2019 |archive-date= August 30, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190830030431/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/field-of-dreams-1989 |url-status= live }}</ref> [[Caryn James]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "A work so smartly written, so beautifully filmed, so perfectly acted, that it does the almost impossible trick of turning sentimentality into true emotion."<ref>{{cite web |date= 21 April 1989 |last1= James |first1= Caryn |title= Review/Film; A Baseball Diamond Becomes the Stuff of Dreams |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/21/movies/review-film-a-baseball-diamond-becomes-the-stuff-of-dreams.html |work= [[The New York Times]] |access-date= December 1, 2019 |archive-date= August 9, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190809082212/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/21/movies/review-film-a-baseball-diamond-becomes-the-stuff-of-dreams.html |url-status= live }}</ref> Duane Byrge of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' praised Costner for his performance, writing that it was his "eye-on-the-ball exuberance that carries ''Dreams'' past its often mechanical aesthetic paces."<ref>{{cite web |title= 'Field of Dreams': THR's 1989 Review |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/field-dreams-review-1989-movie-996231 |website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date= April 21, 2017 |access-date= December 1, 2019 |archive-date= June 5, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200605121325/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/field-dreams-review-1989-movie-996231 |url-status= live }}</ref>

''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' gave the film a mixed review: "In spite of a script hobbled with cloying aphorisms and shameless sentimentality, ''Field of Dreams'' sustains a dreamy mood in which the idea of baseball is distilled to its purest essence."<ref>{{cite web |date= 1 January 1989 |author1= Variety Staff |title= Field of Dreams |url= https://variety.com/1988/film/reviews/field-of-dreams-1200427989/ |website= Variety |access-date= December 1, 2019 }}</ref>

[[Peter Travers]] at ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' panned the film, and wrote: "To be honest, I started hearing things, too. Just when Jones was delivering an inexcusably sappy speech about baseball being "a symbol of all that was once good in America," I heard the words "If he keeps talking, I'm walking.""<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Peter Travers |author-link=Peter Travers |title=Movie Reviews |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=July 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709212755/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/16155928/review/21477208/the_dark_knight |url-status=live }}</ref>

Former U.S. president [[George W. Bush]] named the film as his favorite, saying that it made him cry because it reminded him of playing catch with [[George H. W. Bush|his father]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cannon |first1=Carl M. |title=The Oval Office and the Diamond |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/05/the-oval-office-and-the-diamond/302196/ |journal=The Atlantic |date=May 2001 |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>

==Accolades==

The film was nominated for three [[62nd Academy Awards|Academy Awards in 1990]]: [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] (Gordon & Gordon), [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] (Robinson), and [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] (Horner).<ref name="Oscars1990">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990 |title=The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 17, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706095721/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/62nd-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref> It did not win in any category.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|-

! Award

! Category

! Nominee(s)

! Result

|-

| 20/20 Awards

| Best Adapted Screenplay

| [[Phil Alden Robinson]]

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan="3"| [[62nd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1990"/>

| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]

| [[Lawrence Gordon (producer)|Lawrence Gordon]] and [[Charles Gordon (producer)|Charles Gordon]]

| {{nom}}

|-

| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]

| Phil Alden Robinson

| {{nom}}

|-

| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]

| [[James Horner]]

| {{nom}}

|-

| [[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]]

| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film]]

| Ian Crafford

| {{nom}}

|-

| [[Casting Society of America#Artios Awards|Artios Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1989 |title=Nominees/Winners |publisher=[[Casting Society of America]] |accessdate=February 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325115735/http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1989 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| [[Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Drama)|Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama]]

| Margery Simkin

| {{nom}}

|-

| [[Blue Ribbon Awards]]

| [[Blue Ribbon Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]

| Phil Alden Robinson

| {{won}}

|-

| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1989|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |website=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |date=January 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>

| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]

| [[Amy Madigan]]

| {{nom}}

|-

| [[42nd Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1980s/1989.aspx?value=1989|title=42nd DGA Awards |website=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>

| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]

| Phil Alden Robinson

| {{nom}}

|-

| [[32nd Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/32nd-annual-grammy-awards-1989 |title=1989 Grammy Award Winners| publisher=Grammy.com| access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref>

| [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television]]

| James Horner

| {{nom}}

|-

| [[Hochi Film Award]]s

| Best Foreign Language Film

| Phil Alden Robinson

| {{won}}

|-

| [[Hugo Award]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1990-hugo-awards/ |title=1990 Hugo Awards |website=[[Hugo Award]] |date=July 26, 2007 |access-date=June 6, 2021}}</ref>

| [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Best Dramatic Presentation]]

| Phil Alden Robinson {{small|(director/screenplay)}}, <br> [[W. P. Kinsella|W.P. Kinsella]] {{small|([[Shoeless Joe (novel)|novel]])}}

| {{nom}}

|-

| [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]

| colspan="2"| [[Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]

| {{won}}

|-

| [[Kinema Junpo|Kinema Junpo Awards]]

| Best Foreign Language Film

| Phil Alden Robinson

| {{won}}

|-

| [[National Board of Review Awards 1989|National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1989/ |title=1989 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>

| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]

| {{draw|10th Place}}

|-

| [[National Film Preservation Board]]<ref name=LOC />

| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]

| {{won|Inducted}}

|-

| rowspan="2"| [[17th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |title=Past Saturn Awards |work=[[Saturn Awards]].org |access-date=May 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914184217/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |archive-date=September 14, 2008 |df=mdy}}</ref>

| colspan="2"| [[Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film|Best Fantasy Film]]

| {{nom}}

|-

| [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]]

| rowspan="2"| Phil Alden Robinson

| {{nom}}

|-

| [[42nd Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|title=Awards Winners|work=wga.org|publisher=Writers Guild of America|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|archive-date=2012-12-05|access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>

| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]

| {{nom}}

|-

| [[11th Youth in Film Awards|Young Artist Awards]]<ref name="Young Artist Awards 3">{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms11.htm |title=11th Annual Youth In Film Awards |accessdate=2011-03-31 |work=YoungArtistAwards.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409024401/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms11.htm |archivedate=2014-04-09}}</ref>

| Best Young Actress Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

| [[Gaby Hoffmann]]

| {{won}}

|}

;[[American Film Institute]] Lists

* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]]:

** "If you build it, he will come."—#39

* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers]]—#28

* [[AFI's 10 Top 10]]—#6 Fantasy Film

In 2017, the US [[Library of Congress]] selected ''Field of Dreams'' as one of its 25 annual additions to the [[National Film Registry]]. The announcement quotes film critic [[Leonard Maltin]], who called the film "a story of redemption and faith, in the tradition of the best Hollywood fantasies with moments of pure magic."<ref name=LOC>{{cite press release |publisher= [[Library of Congress]] |title= 2017 National Film Registry Is More Than a 'Field of Dreams' |date= December 13, 2017 |url= https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-178/2017-national-film-registry-is-more-than-a-field-of-dreams/2017-12-13/ |access-date= July 2, 2018 |archive-date= December 14, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171214030216/https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-178/2017-national-film-registry-is-more-than-a-field-of-dreams/2017-12-13/ |url-status= live}}</ref>

In June 2008, after having polled over 1,500 people in the creative community, AFI revealed its "Ten Top Ten" — the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres. The film was acknowledged as the sixth best one in the fantasy genre.<ref>{{cite press release |publisher= [[American Film Institute]] |title= AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres |via= ComingSoon.net |date= June 17, 2008 |url= http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46072 |access-date= June 18, 2008 |archive-date= June 19, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080619034738/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46072 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Top 10 Fantasy |url= http://www.afi.com/10top10/fantasy.html |publisher= American Film Institute |access-date= June 18, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080619174214/http://www.afi.com/10top10/fantasy.html |archive-date= June 19, 2008}}</ref>

==Home media==

The film was released on [[VHS]] in 1989. It was later released on [[DVD]] on April 29, 1998.<ref name="Field of Dreams DVD Release Date">{{Cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Field-of-Dreams-DVD/19597/|title=Field of Dreams DVD Release Date|website=DVDs Release Dates|language=en|access-date=2019-03-04|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306042657/https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/843/Field-of-Dreams-(1989).html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was released on [[Blu-ray]] on March 13, 2011.<ref name="Field of Dreams DVD Release Date"/> It was released on [[Ultra HD Blu-ray|4K UHD Blu-Ray]] on May 14, 2019, for the film's 30th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/70178/fieldofdreams4kultrahdbluray.html|title=Field of Dreams - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Ultra HD Review {{!}} High Def Digest|website=ultrahd.highdefdigest.com|access-date=2019-03-04|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043822/https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/70178/fieldofdreams4kultrahdbluray.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Legacy==

{{main|Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa)}}

The [[ballpark]] that was [[Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa)|built for the movie]] is maintained as a tourist attraction.

The first year after shooting the film, farm owner Al Ameskamp again grew corn on his property, but then restored his portion of the field the next year and added a souvenir shop. Farmer Don Lansing maintained his property as a tourist destination.<ref name=scrap/> He did not charge for admission or parking, deriving revenue solely from his own souvenir shop. By the film's twentieth anniversary, approximately 65,000 people visited annually.<ref>{{cite news |first= Susan |last= King |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-15-la-et-classic-hollywood16-2009dec16-story.html |work= Los Angeles Times |title= 'Field of Dreams' Screens to Mark 20th Anniversary |date= December 15, 2009 |access-date= July 2, 2013 |archive-date= October 24, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131024070957/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/15/entertainment/la-et-classic-hollywood16-2009dec16 |url-status= live }}</ref> In July 2010, the farm containing the "Field" was listed for sale.<ref>{{cite news |first= Stan |last= Grossfeld |title= Living in a Dream World? |work= [[The Boston Globe]] |date= July 20, 2010 |url= http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/minors/articles/2010/07/20/couple_selling_fabled_field_hopes_its_not_living_in_a_dream_world/ |access-date= July 20, 2010 |archive-date= July 22, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100722094730/http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/minors/articles/2010/07/20/couple_selling_fabled_field_hopes_its_not_living_in_a_dream_world/ |url-status= live }}</ref> It was sold on October 31, 2011, to Go The Distance Baseball, LLC for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around $5.4 million.<ref>{{cite news |first= Greg |last= Wilson |title= 'Field of Dreams' Iowa Farm Sold for Millions |url= http://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/movies/132908788.html |publisher= [[WMAQ-TV]] |___location= Chicago |date= October 31, 2011 |access-date= August 1, 2012 |archive-date= December 14, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121214100043/http://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/movies/132908788.html |url-status= live }}</ref> In 2021, MLB veteran and Hall of Fame member [[Frank Thomas]] became the majority owner.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marchese|first=Tony|date=2021-09-30|title=Frank Thomas Purchases Controlling Stake in Field of Dreams Movie Site|url=https://ontapsportsnet.com/2021/09/30/frank-thomas-purchases-controlling-stake-field-of-dreams-movie-site/|access-date=2021-09-30|website=On Tap Sports Net|language=en-US}}</ref>

===MLB at Field of Dreams===

{{main|MLB at Field of Dreams}}

In 2019, [[Major League Baseball]] announced that it would hold a [[MLB at Field of Dreams|neutral-site regular season game]] between the [[Chicago White Sox]] and [[New York Yankees]] at the Dyersville site on August 13, 2020, playing on an 8,000-seat field constructed adjacent to the original, with a pathway connecting the two. The field would be modeled after the White Sox's former field, [[Comiskey Park]] (1910–1990).<ref>{{cite news |first= Anthony |last= Castovince |title= Yanks, White Sox to play at "Field of Dreams" in 2020 |url= https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-white-sox-game-at-field-of-dream-site |publisher= [[Major League Baseball]] |___location= Milwaukee |date= August 8, 2019 |access-date= August 8, 2019 |archive-date= August 10, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190810101824/https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-white-sox-game-at-field-of-dream-site |url-status= live }}</ref> In July 2020, because of the shortened [[2020 Major League Baseball season]] due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in North America|COVID-19 pandemic]], it was announced that the White Sox would be playing the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] instead of the Yankees.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-01|title=Cardinals will be White Sox' opponent in Field of Dreams game|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2020/7/1/21310346/white-sox-cardinals-field-of-dreams-game-mlb-iowa|website=oregonlive|publisher=The Associated Press|language=en|access-date=July 8, 2020|archive-date=July 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702193800/https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2020/7/1/21310346/white-sox-cardinals-field-of-dreams-game-mlb-iowa|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 3, 2020, Major League Baseball announced that the 2020 game was cancelled due to logistics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/chicago-baseball/report-mlb-cancels-field-of-dreams-game-between-white-sox-cardinals/2316113/ |title=Report: MLB Cancels 'Field of Dreams' Game Between White Sox, Cardinals |date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804003604/https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/chicago-baseball/report-mlb-cancels-field-of-dreams-game-between-white-sox-cardinals/2316113/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The game was finally held on the field on August 12, 2021, with the originally announced matchup of the White Sox and Yankees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Field of Dreams game set for Aug. 12, 2021|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-at-field-of-dreams-game-date |last=Harrigan|first=Thomas |date=November 23, 2020 |access-date=November 24, 2020 |website=MLB.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kepner|first=Tyler|date=2021-08-11|title=Shoeless Joe Won't Be There. Aaron Judge Will.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/sports/baseball/field-of-dreams-yankees-white-sox.html|access-date=2021-08-12|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In the pre-game show, [[Kevin Costner]] emerged from the cornfield onto the outfield, followed by the players and managers from both teams. At the old-fashioned microphone in the diamond, Costner said, "Is this heaven? Yes, it is."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hensley|first=Adam|title=Watch: Field of Dreams actor Kevin Costner emerges from corn field ahead of MLB's Yankees-White Sox game|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/2021/08/12/field-of-dreams-game-mlb-new-york-yankees-chicago-white-sox-kevin-costner-walks-out-corn-field/8113231002/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Des Moines Register|language=en-US}}</ref> The White Sox beat the Yankees 9–8, following a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning by [[Tim Anderson (baseball)|Tim Anderson]], after the Yankees had scored four runs in the top of the inning to take an 8–7 lead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXqS7tFSRX4|title=FULL 9TH INNING from Field of Dreams! CRAZY final inning between White Sox and Yankees!|date=August 13, 2021|via=YouTube}}</ref>

A second Field of Dreams game was played during the 2022 season on August 11 with the [[Cincinnati Reds]] – who beat the White Sox in the [[1919 World Series]] that was marred by the Black Sox Scandal – facing the [[Chicago Cubs]], with the Cubs winning 4–2. This time, the movie was referenced in the pregame ceremonies by [[Ken Griffey Jr.]] asking his father [[Ken Griffey Sr.]] if he wanted to play catch. Both Griffeys – who played for the Reds and also played together for the [[Seattle Mariners]] – were joined first by fathers and sons (and daughters) also playing catch. The Cubs and Reds then also entered from the cornfield beyond centerfield along with multiple [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]] members representing both teams – catcher [[Johnny Bench]] and shortstop [[Barry Larkin]] for the Reds along with second baseman [[Ryne Sandberg]], outfielder [[Andre Dawson]], pitcher [[Ferguson Jenkins]] and left fielder [[Billy Williams]] for the Cubs. Jenkins also threw the [[ceremonial first pitch]] to Bench.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/ken-griffey-father-son-catch-field-of-dreams-game |title=Griffeys set the tone in Iowa: 'Dad, wanna have a catch?' |first=Mark |last=Sheldon |website=MLB.com |date=August 11, 2022 |accessdate=August 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs to play at Field of Dreams site in 2022 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32057529/cincinnati-reds-chicago-cubs-play-field-dreams-site-2022 |website=ESPN.com |date=August 20, 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref>

===Television series proposal===

In August 2021, plans were announced to remake the film as a television series, produced by Lawrence Gordon and written by [[Michael Schur]], for [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]].<ref>{{cite web|title='Field Of Dreams' TV Series From Mike Schur Based On Movie Ordered By Peacock|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/field-of-dreams-mike-schur-movie-peacock-series-order-1234815663/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|last2=Petski|first2=Denise|date=August 16, 2021|access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref> In June 2022, it was revealed it was no longer moving forward as Peacock and Universal Television had begun shopping the project elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitovich |first1=Matt Webb |title=Field of Dreams Series Nixed at Peacock |url=https://tvline.com/2022/06/30/field-of-dreams-tv-series-cancelled-at-peacock/ |website=TVLine |access-date=June 30, 2022 |date=June 30, 2022}}</ref> [[Chris Pratt]] had reportedly agreed to star in the series before dropping out, with the series said to have had a budget of $15 million per episode.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=2024-08-23 |title=The Best and Worst Deals of the Peak TV Era (Part 2) |url=https://puck.news/the-best-and-worst-deals-of-the-peak-tv-era-part-2/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Puck |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Brennan |date=2024-08-24 |title=Chris Pratt Reportedly Nearly Led TV Reboot Of Kevin Costner's Oscar-Nominated Baseball Movie |url=https://screenrant.com/field-of-dreams-tv-show-chris-pratt-almost-cast-report/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==

{{Portal|Baseball|Film}}

* [[List of baseball films]]

* [[List of ghost films]]

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