I love baseball and have a great relationship with my father, yet found this to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

1. Ridiculously convoluted plot. It had promise for about 10 minutes then completely fell apart. Ease his pain? Seriously. What did Burt Lancaster's and James Earl Jones' characters have anything to do with the movie? Was Jones written into the plot just to spew off a few contrived lines about baseball? And the doctor "crossing the line" scene was a joke at best. The entire point of the plot was to somehow lead to father and son playing catch. Wow, what a creative, inspiring ending.

2. OVERACTING. Kevin Costner is a marginal actor at best, and the whiny frustrated farmer role is laughable in this movie. Should I laugh when he gets "frustrated" with the voice? And Busfield's rant/shake the daughter scene was pathetic. And the "Oh my god! Where did these ballplayers suddenly come from?" expression was priceless.

3. Cheesy. Tries way, way too hard to force the father-son-baseball-bonding theme down everyone's throat. If Jones or Costner or the doctor would have spouted off one more sappy line about baseball, I might have thrown up. But I guess some people like the overdramatic garbage.

After watching this movie with my dad, I felt bonded to him in that we were both cracking up laughing at just how bad the movie turned out to be. I had high hopes after Bull Durham, but they were shot down about 20 minutes into this stinker.

"Ease his pain." That just about sums it up.

I just watched "Field of Dreams" for the very first time tonight on cable. My Dad died this past November and for whatever reason, I felt compelled to watch this movie tonight. Now after doing so, I know I will be ordering it from Amazon.com. What a beautiful, moving movie this was! People talk about it like it is about a son and his Dad. But it can just as easily be about a daughter and her Dad ... like it was for me. I remember when it first came out; I wasn't interested in seeing it as it was just a baseball movie. I found out tonight that it is so very much more than just that. Check it out and be sure to bring a big box of kleenex!

I have loved this movie since the first time I saw it, my VHS tape broke I watched it some many times, so very glad it is out on DVD, If your fighting with your son and he is old enough to understand, tie him to a chair and make him watch this movie with you so someday it's not to late to make up or make piece with your son for what ever reason, because in real life dad can not come back to ease his pain or yours.

First of all let me say that the Quality on this HD-DVD is with what you would expect from all of them.. Excellent. Kevin Costner is a good guy, and
one of my Favorite actor. Seeing it again in HD is believing it. This movie
was also very inspirational. It helps you believe no matter what others TELL you, you will have to see things for yourself, in your own eyes. Great Movie to my collection.

This movie proves realists can become dreamers...LOL
This was a great movie with Kevin Costner,
James Earl Jones and Ray Liotta.
The story starts with a Husband & wife buying
a ranch to become farmers.
One day as the man(Kevin Costner) is walking in his corn field
checking out his corn he hears a voice say "If you build it he will come".
So he calls out to his wife thinking she might have said something to him
nope she didn't say anything, so he keeps on walking and all the sudden he hears it again"If you build he will come".
So he starts seeing these visions of a baseball field where his corn field is, so he talks his wife into building a baseball field in the corn field.
He keeps on wait and no one comes, then finally around baseball season these baseball players started showing up and playing baseball on the field and they weren't just any players they were players that had played back in the past when baseball was still a game.
So The husband goes a trip to man that was a baseball player back then and was still alive.
They go to a baseball game and the guy hears the voice again and his friend heard it too.
Thats when the guy starts to believe, so they go try to find a another but find out he's dead, but the guy played by Kevin Costner is walking down a street and meets the guy that is supposedly Dead and he asks him to come with him, but he doesn't come.
Then the way home (Kevin) and (James) find a guy hitchhiking to baseball camp, it the same guy (Kevin) talked to the night before but a younger version.
So they get home and his brother in law comes over to talk to him about saling the farm to him, cause while (Kevin) was gone he bought the note on the farm.
(Kevin) tells him no and the brother in law gets mad and pick his daughter and on accident drops her from the bleachers they were standing
the guy that picked up on the way home was a doctor so he comes run to help the little girl.
When he past the baseball diamond he became an old man he couldn't go back, but he helped save the little girl.
All the sudden the bother in law sees all the players and tells him not to sell.
Then they will ask (James)to come with them,the baseball players.
As they're walking off (Ray) said if you build it he will come.
He turns to see the catcher taking of his gear, It's his father.
I rate this Movie a 10 from 1to10!!

Amazon, are you going to post my review?
The HD Quality is not that great for as good of a movie as this is.

I'd like to embellish first before reviewing "Field of Dreams". A few years back when life wasn't as easy as I would like it to be I harkened back in my mind the times spent with my Dad as a youngster seeing the Phillies at old Veterans Stadium. Now my Dad soured on the game viewing the game rife with greedy owners and overpriced prima donna players and refused to go to the games anymore. I didn't press my Dad on the issue but at this particular moment I really wanted to go the game with him. I badgered him incessantly and finally he relented. I has visions of sugar plums dancing in my head with me and Dad sharing a Kodak moment sipping beers and munching dogs and watching the Phils triumph. It didn't necessary happen that way and the Phils lost to the old Montreal Expos but that's OK. The thing about "Field of Dreams" it views baseball as the great equalizer. The disgraced Joe Jackson shares the same field as Walter Johnson as well as "Moonlight Graham", a player whose distinction was that he only took the field for one-half inning and never played major league ball again. On my cubicle at work Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard live beside the greatest Phillie of them all, Richie Ashburn. If you thought Mike Schmidt was the greatest Phillie of them all you're not from Philadelphia. This film could have been as corny as the fields that Ray Kinsella mowed to make way for his magical vision. This film, though, intrinsically understands the greatness of our American pastime and there's always room for sentiment in baseball.

The best thing about this movie is that u need no understanding of baseball to enjoy it. I remember watching this at a cimema in Norwich one afternoon, there was only two people, including myself, at the showing so, although we didn't know each other, we sat together and enjoyed ourselves greatly. This is perfect all round family entertainment. Faultless 10/10.

I have this marvelous movie on VHS and adore it, but know I'm missing alot. So I've ordered it on DVD which has English sub-titles, and know I'll enjoy it even more. The story is gripping, touching, and makes one think, "Why not??" The "dead" are all around us, but it was Ray (& wife 'n' daughter) who was blessed to be able to see and communicate with them. I agree with all the comments from previous reviewers, and in spite of bits of humor here & there, I repeat, bring a hankie for the end.

"If you build it, they will come" I dunno, but if I heard some voice telling me that in my corn field I'd be selling the property. Not Kevin Costner. He built it and they came! Wonderful story about a man making a connection (at heavy risk to him and his family) to his dream and the past. And its not just one risk he takes and not just one leap of faith he makes. The story is heartwarming. It is also riveting, unique enough that you do not know what will happen next. THere are some very funny scenes.

This is an older film and everyone reading this has probably seen it, so let me just suggest you check out the features on this newer DVD. Some of them are just fascinating, like the tour of the place where they filmed the movie.

The movie is a rarity in one respect: a non-violent film that is almost strictly a man's film, one that brought tears to millions of men who watched it. For one thing, anyone who has ever played catch with his dad will be very touched by this story. It gets me.....every time! But you've heard all this. Just don't ignore those "features."

Kevin Costner is not one of the worlds' greatest actors. But he did make some great films, and this is his best.

James Earl Jones is a great actor. I believe this is also his best movie. His character is critical to the plot, and he gives a wonderful performance. Ray Liotta turns in a slightly over the top performance as Shoeless Joe Jackaon, and it works perfectly.

This is a magical movie, for people who have some magic left in their hearts. Buy it and enjoy.

This is a widescreen version of the movie, which I find a necessity. On two discs you get quite a few features covering the making of the movie, the field today, and the book. The feature commentary by the director and photography director is pretty good, too.

The movie itself is highly creative and magical, hopeful and inspiring without being a heavy-duty drama. You don't have to like baseball at all to enjoy it. It's a great movie experience at a good price.

Field of Dreams

As a life long baseball fan/player, I am ashamed to say, until today, I had never seen Field of Dreams. I am glad I finally took the time to watch this incredible story. The movie stars Kevin Costner (Robin Hood, JFK, Bull Durham) as Ray Kinsella, a farmer in Iowa who begins to hear voices in his cornfield tell him "If you build it, he will come." So Ray decides to plow over a portion of his farm to build a baseball field. Ray is sitting with his wife Annie, played by Amy Madigan (Carnivàle), wondering why he built this field, when his daughter Karin, played by Gaby Hoffman (Uncle Buck, Volcano) and says "there is a man on the lawn," and there he was, Shoeless Joe Jackson, played by Ray Liotta (Goodfellas, Identity) and begins to play baseball with him. Shoeless Joe then tells Ray there are others and next we see there are 9 players enjoying the game.

But the voices don't stop and Ray goes on cross country journey to find Terence "Terry" Mann played by the great James Earl Jones (Star Wars, The Lion King) who in his legendary voice preaches a great speech about Baseball. Upon finding Terry in Boston, he and Ray, travel to Minnesota to find Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham, played by Hollywood Legend, Burt Lancaster. Everyone one has a dream or wish in the film and in the end on this field, dreams do come true.

As for the technical aspects of the DVD, the colors are bright and vibrant and the sound is crisp and makes you feel like you are right there, which is everything you expect from HD-DVD. There are not many special features but the one include are entertaining and interesting. Some the special features are "From Father To Son, Passing Along The Pastime" (great feature); deleted scenes; feature commentary; roundtable with Kevin Costner, Bret Saberhagen, George Brett and Johnny Bench; Galema, IL pinch hits for Chisholm, MN; The Diamond in the Husks (another great feature about the movie site and how it truly is a Field of Dreams; Bravo Special: From page to screen; and The Field of Dreams scrapbook.

As I mentioned above, I am glad I finally watched this great movie. If you have never seen it or haven't seen it in HD-DVD, rent it or buy it. Whether you have a regular DVD player or getting the HD experience this great film will last the test of time because at Terry Mann says "there is always one constant in life...BASEBALL." In closing, go out and buy yourself some peanuts and crackerjacks and get your copy of Field of Dreams, cause this HD-DVD is a grand slam.

Field of Dreams, is more than a great Baseball movie, its about following a calling or dream despite what others think. This is a bright movie with great cinamatography. When Joe Jackson appears for the first time is magic. At first i didnt understand why the Black Sox, but soon realized why. You really need to see this and Eight men out to understand. Field of Dreams is a joy for Baseball fans or movie buffs.

In my opinion Ray Liotta gave the best performance in this wonderful ensemble of talent. His natural delivery and boyish earnestness gave Field of Dreams a quality rarely seen in cinema today. His performance harked back to Cary Cooper or Jimmy Stewart of the 1930's.

In a magnificently well-written role, Academy Award winner Burt Lancaster, in the twilight of his career, shows why he became a film legend and remained one for almost six decades.

FOD has always been one of my favorite movies. As a man, I'm forced to admit its one of the few over which I've ever shed a tear (and yeah, continue to do so, every time I watch it).

Its odd too, because I don't buy the "baseball is magic" concept. Rather than being the "only consistent thing in America," in my opinion, Baseball has accurately reflected America's ugly, selfish, and win at any cost philosophy. Today, the sport (at least at the major league level, which is the focus of the movie) is in caos. The owners only care about making money. They got rid of the Commissioner, the players spit at umpires, they're all taking illegal drugs, and the sport is promoting a steriod user as he tarnishes one of its most cherished records (Barry Bonds). At its highest levels, the sport is tainted. Even one of the main baseball characters in the movie, "Shoeless Joe Jackson," was involved in one of th more famous betting scandals!

For me, the move is better than baseball. Its about the father-son relationship, the persuit of life's goals, accepting the reality of our own limitations, and making a success out of life by doing the best we can. Perhaps its also about listening to and following that little voice in the back of our heads, we most often ignore.

When the Burt Lancaster character steps over the line and away from his dream (once again), to save the little girl from choking, it reminds me of my own father (who was a physician, and is now deceased), and I lose it.

Wow. What character, what dignity, what a powerful moment.

"I'd best be getting home now. My wife will think I've got a girlfriend."

The whole thing is built on a bizarre premise and it defies all logic, but somehow it works, and works wonderfully. Well written, good acting, nice camera work, and the music (those three notes!) all contribute to a wonderful experience.

"Field of Dreams" another Kevin Costner baseball movie, was originally released in 1989, and is now nearly twenty years old. Most viewers would agree that it's held up pretty well, and is still one of the best baseball movies around.

It is, of course, the story of that famous Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (It's not heaven, it's Iowa, folks), who regrets his abrasive relationship with his late, baseball-loving, father. One day, he hears a voice telling him: "If you build it, he will come." He therefore believes he's being told to plow under his prime cornfield and plant a baseball diamond. So he does. The voice then sends him to Boston to find reclusive 1960's cult writer Terence Mann (James Earl Jones), and to Minnesota to find mysterious "Doc" Graham (Burt Lancaster.) The baseball diamond will, we know, call forth somehow, from somewhere, some historic ballplayers --principally the disgraced (for throwing the World Series, to the benefit of some notorious gamblers, including "Funny Girl" Fanny Brice's husband Arnie Rothstein) Chicago White Sox of 1919. They are led by famed "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta, shooting sparks in this portrayal). Costner's character is supported in all this, despite the fact that it's driving his family into bankruptcy, by his loyal wife Annie ( Amy Madigan). The movie's clearly well-cast, though, after paying Jones, Lancaster, and Liotta, in addition to Costner, the producers probably weren't willing to spend big bucks on casting wifey, as well. Nevertheless, Madigan acquits herself honorably.

The film is generally considered a guy thing, and, in fact, a guys' weepie, but it ain't necessarily so. It's crisp as a new ten dollar bill, moves at speed like a good fastball, and is, in reality, quite witty, as was noticed upon its release. It's also got a resonant subtext. Kinsella, we're specifically told, is actually neither a farmer, nor an Iowa native, by family background; his dad worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Kinsellas are characterized as left over 1960's hippies, He wears an old University of California Berkeley t-shirt, there's a peace sign on the old Volkswagen van, and Annie's big PTA speech would do any Berkeley-educated mom proud. When Costner tracks down the Jones character, the writer sprays him with Flit, probably not distributed since the 60's, and tells him to get back to the 60's while he still can: it's a frequently-cited scene. In Minnesota, Costner experiences a little more time travel -- he finds himself in 1972. "The Godfather" is playing. And there's a poster hung by the Committee to Re-Elect the President--Nixon, that is-- giving us CREEP, of Watergate notoriety.

We're told that "Shoeless" was forced to finish his career on a 10th rate team in Carolina, an interesting echo of Costner's other baseball movie, "Bull Durham." In addition, "Shoeless" Joe's best speech, about that Carolina team's travel and hotel arrangements, echoes one of Costner's most-quoted "Bull Durham" speeches. Finally, Madigan's character is named "Annie," as is Susan Sarandon's in "Bull Durham." Supposedly, ballplayers call their groupies "Annies."

In sum, yeah, the movie's probably a guy thing. But that ain't necessarily so bad.

I love this movie anyway, I played in the minors and my dad was a big Joe Jackson fan. The HD enhancement is really great and makes the voice sound really good. The extras on this disc are great. The Galena tour and the Costner interview at his home with the baseball greats is excellent. I am a big Kevin Costner fan and this in one of his best and the HD is really an upgrade.

Good movie, was improved with HD DVD but not the type of movie that shows off your system.

I saw Field of Dreams in 1989 at the theater with my wife and cried my eyes out at the end of it. She thought I was totally crazy and freaked out over the tears that I was shedding over a movie about baseball. When she asked me what was wrong, I didn't know what to say because I had no control over the tears that were flowing. It surprised me as much as it did her. I've since seen Field of Dreams about twenty-five times, and it's now an American classic. I no longer break out in tears when viewing the film, but my eyes still get kind of watery for the magic of the movie hasn't diminished with time. It's just as powerful now as it was eighteen years ago.

As all of you probably know by now, Field of Dreams deals with an Iowa farmer named Ray Kinsella (played wonderfully by Kevin Costner), who hears a mysterious voice in his cornfield one day, saying the famous words, "If you build it, he will come." Since Ray's the only person who can hear the voice, he has to wonder if maybe he's going just a little bit crazy. As the movie progresses, Ray decides to do what the "voice" wants and plows under a third of his major crop so that he can build a baseball diamond for no apparent reason. Now, everybody in town thinks he's absolutely nuts. His wife, Annie (played by Amy Madigan), sticks by him through thick and thin, but she does worry about how all the mounting bills are going to get paid. In time, however, the ghosts of baseball players from the past appear from out of the cornfield to play on this rather unique ball diamond, including the legendary "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (played by Ray Liotta in one of his first acting roles). The catch here is that only Ray and his family can see the ghosts. With the bank threatening to foreclose on the farm, the "voice" tells Ray to go on a long journey to get a reclusive novelist, Terence Mann (played by James Earl Jones), who lives in Boston and an elderly doctor, Archibald "Moonlight" Graham (played by the late Burt Lancaster), who lives in Minnesota, and to bring them both back to the ball field. What happens after that is for the viewer to find out as the film delves into the emotional need for a special "reunion" and the sheer magic of making your dreams come true.

Let me just say that at the end of the film, the camera rises up to show hundreds of cars approaching the Kinsella farm at night, which is poetic in that it eventually happened in real life. Since 1989, over a million people from all over the world have visited the real Field of Dreams, which is located on the eastern side of Iowa about seven miles outside of Dyersville. This movie not only touched my heart, but evidently the hearts of millions of others. It was even nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture of 1989. I consider this film to be # 1 on my personal top-10 list because it not only deals with the reunion of father and son, but the possibility that you can actually make your dreams come true if you believe in yourself. This special two-disc anniversary edition is definitely worth the upgrade. I spent the money without a second thought. The first disc contains the complete theatrical release, plus a full-length commentary by its director, Phil Alden Robinson, and the director of photography, John Lindley. The second disc contains a number of featurettes. The first is a thirty-minute get together between Kevin Costner and three baseball stars, Bret Saberhagen, Johnny Bench, and George Brett. They watch the movie at Kevin's house and then discuss their careers in baseball, their sons, and how the movie has affected their lives. The second feature is a look at Galena, Illinois, which was used in the movie to represent the small city where "Moonlight" Graham lived--Chisholm, Minnesota. The third feature is a look at the real Field of Dreams outside of Dyersville, Iowa, and how it's grown since its construction in 1988. This is a great little documentary that discusses how this magical field has affected the hundreds of thousands of people who have visited it over the last fifteen years. The fourth feature is the Bravo show: From Page to Script, which deals with the novel, Field of Dreams, and how it was turned into an Academy Award nominated movie. If you love the film, you're going to enjoy this fifty-minute documentary. You finally get to meet the author of the book, William Kinsella, and to hear how the director, Phil Alden Robinson, began to doubt himself during the making of the film. All in all, this is a very special movie with wonderful behind-the-scenes stuff that certainly adds to the enjoyment of the movie. As Phil Robinson says, though the film didn't win Best Picture of 1989, it turned out to be a movie that literally changes people's lives for the better. That's the big reward for him. Highly recommended.

I remember first watching this movie with my parents shortly after it came out on video. I was not a fan of baseball and basically thought I'd hate it. Wow was I ever wrong. I absolutely loved the movie. And the music is beautiful. James Horner outdid himself in this movie.

Well when I saw that the two disc anniversary edition was coming out I ordered it right away. The bonus features are great. There's a story on how the movie came to be, a biography on W.P. Kinsella (the author of the book), commentary, and much more.

But those features on the DVD are not why I bought it; I bought it because this movie is just incredible. It makes you believe that the impossible really can happen. The messages that Ray (Kevin Costner) gets give me the chills...the way in which they are delivered is great. 'If you build it, he will come,' 'Ease his pain,' and 'Go the distance.' Well this movie certainly went the distance.

The music is what really makes the movie great. The music we hear towards the end of the movie give me the chills and it just makes me cry...in a good way.

You don't have to like baseball to like this movie. This is a movie with a very special message. I highly recommend it to anyone. You will love it.

OK, I'll start by admitting my bias when it comes to this film. Field of Dreams is my favorite all-time movie--there, I've said it! So this release was obviously among my first HD DVD purchases, and I have to say I wasn't disappointed in the least. It looks and sounds better than ever. A lot of reviewers have taken this HD DVD to task for the apparent grain and false hues in the image, but my conclusion is that this transfer is the very best that can be had from the original film stock. The release shouldn't really be criticized for decisions the director and DP made 15 years ago! So, yes, I agree that this isn't the best image I've seen on HD DVD, but it ain't bad, either. By no means does it distract from the engrossing, emotional storyline. The extras, ported over from the 15th anniversary DVD release, are abundant and interesting, especially for the legions of fans still captivated by this film. They just don't make 'em like this anymore, so don't dare miss this movie (and HD DVD), which makes you who believe that anything is possible if you have faith.

Somehow, a movie about a baseball field being built in a cornfield and that the edge of it actually is the gateway back to Heaven for ghosts doesn't really sound schmaltzy and that's probably the reason why the film was such a hit and why people, upon hearing of the film, go "oh yeah that movie, I loved that!". Course some don't like it but it's remarkable how little detractors I find. It's hard to say whether it's one of those American classics on line with Godfather and E.T and whatnot but as it stands, it's quite a great movie that never seems to get old which surprised me quite a bit.

Ray Kinsella is a farmer in Iowa raising a corn farm with his wife and daughter. While outside, he hears a strange voice: "if you build it, he will come". He hears it so many times that but he has no clue what it means until it dawns on him: build a baseball field and maybe baseball great late "Shoeless Joe" Jackson will come back to play baseball. With a supporting wife (she actually condones building a baseball field and never gets mad? Where can I find me someone like her?) but with financial concerns as well as local gossip, he builds it and sure enough, Shoeless Joe as well as other ballplayers show up to play. There's more to it than that and he'll get a chance to reconnect some people's problems as well as his own.

Despite the fact that it made quite a bit of money, it's actually not a very elaborate looking movie. Instead it's all the characters and the story and the film never seems to drag which is quite something since it's essentially a film about baseball. The film's iconic line "if you build it, he will come" is still in my head since when I was younger and it's just as cool now as it was then. It's also a film where you really have to suspend disbelief in huge chunks. The idea of a baseball field bringing the dead back to life is quite something but we never seem to feel like "oh good lord, now what?"

As far as acting is concerned, it's nearly perfect. Kevin Costner has often been ridiculed, moreso for Waterworld and the Postman than his acting and granted he's not the most depthful actor, he's at least very likable as the everyman here. James Earl Jones is quite perfect, making his baseball speech heartfelt and uplifting without having this kind of pandering. Same for Burt Lancaster who just exudes this kind of calm like you almost couldn't get in a fight with the guy he was so nice. The others are either pretty good like Ray's wife but then we have the wife's brother Mark who's kind of more annoying than villainous.

Around this time, Costner was kind of on a roll. His turns in JFK, Bull Durham and Academy Award winner Dances With Wolves was big and in the same group is this film which is still a delight...even though personally, I'm a bigger hockey fan. "Rink of Dreams" maybe?

No matter how many accolades guys get for being "sensitive" and for being unafraid to show their feelings, no guy willingly lets the world sees him dissolve into Niagra Falls......but Field of Dreams finds our weak spot and pours it on. Even after nearly twenty years nothing prepares me for "Dad.....want to play catch".

This is a great movie about a guy who goes against everything (family, economic pressures, his own instincts) to plow under his cornfield to build a baseball field after a mysterious voice tells him to do so. Soon the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson appears and Ray Kinsella (the farmer) believes the instructions are an attempt to ease the pain of the disgraced ball player. But the story adds layers of complexity as Ray continues to receive strange and seemingly pointless instructions that soon snare a reclusive writer and another ghost....this time a small town doctor who never found his fifteen minutes of fame as a major leaguer. Somehow all these threads come together into a moral about redemption and the bond between fathers and sons. It may seem sappy but the script, direction and acting keep the tone decidedly non-maudlin. In fact this is one of the few movies where you can tell that all the actors have bought into the film completely.....everyone in the film is clearly having a great time and the viewer can't help but be caught up in the joy.

I've seen this movie several times and it always grabs me. Whether you're on your twelfth viewing or your first be prepared for a great film.....and make sure you've got that box of Kleenex handy.

This smarmy Kevin Costner vehicle is a trite half-baked movie. I found this movie nearly unwatchable. If you're looking for outstanding movies with a baseball theme try Bull Durham and Eight Men Out.

Very happy with the dvd it came just in time for when I needed it

Oh, Come On! A guy who builds a ballpark in a corn field because voices told him to should be locked up, not celebrated! Especially if he builds it for ghosts to play on. Come on! That's so stupid. And then at the end where everybody's coming from miles around to watch a game they can't even see? That makes no sense at all! And I don't like movies that make Christians look like jerks.
Why couldn't Kevin Costner just make Bull Durham 2? That would have been much better.
Bull Durham was a good movie.

I lost my Father Bob almost 11 years ago and my life changed forever. Every time I see this film, I think about my regrets, my past, and my Father. I cry every single time I see this great American classic film. I always feel better at the end of the film. As an aspiring Screenwriter, I urge everyone who has lost a parent or love baseball or love film, to own this film. Learn from it and learn that perhaps dreams can come true. And perhaps Heaven is somewhere in Iowa...

-Mark McLaughlin, marknetproductions.dyndns.ws

I am not an American by birth and baseball bored me at first. But then my oldest son began to play and love the game and my eyes were opened...
Just as baseball is America distilled into its purest essence, so too this film is movie making at its purest- convincing you to suspend belief and immerse yourself in its storytelling. And making you willing to do it again- over and over.
Watch this film and you too will believe in the promise of America- what it was and can be agin. Watch this with your children, particularly your son(s) and perhaps you will be lucky enough to turn and look at him at the end of the film with tears running down your cheeks to see him looking up at you with tears in his eyes too, a sheepish smile of love and understanding on his face. I never had to explain anything about this film to my son- he understood what it meant to both of us.
That is true movie magic.

Kevin Costner is fantastic as 36 year-old ex-hippie turned Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella, husband (his wife is played by Amy Madigan) and father (to one daughter). Mysterious voices tell him to plow under his corn field and build a baseball diamond and field. His wife believes in him and his voices, so he does. His brother-in-law thinks he's nuts, especially when he can't make his mortgage payments and the viewer is inclined to agree with him.

During the baseball diamond building project, we learn that Ray Kinsella's father loved baseball and loved his son. But his son, Ray, felt smothered by his Dad and in keeping with the cultural programming of his day, took off on his own - "I'm scared to death of turning into my father". No doubt, he broke his father's heart.

Soon after the ball field is built, ghosts from the 1919 Chicago White Sox appear from the adjoining corn field and want to play ball. Among them is "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, played by Ray Liotta. Before long, Ray Kinsella is playing baseball with them. But to his brother-in-law, who can't see the ghosts, he's bonkers.

Then the voices come back one night and tell him to find former sports writer Terrance Mann, played by James Earl Jones, whose libertarian novel "The Boat-Rocker" was misinterpreted by Ray to stop playing baseball with his Dad. Ray's farm is about to be repossessed, but his wife supports him - he jumps into his Volkwagen bus and heads east where eventually finds Terrance Mann, then takes him to a ballgame, and then a message appears on the advert screen telling them to track down an old doctor. They do, and learn that the doc once played pro-ball for one inning.

One the way back to Iowa, Ray Kinsella and Terrance Mann stop for a hitchhiker, who turns out to be the doc when he was a kid. Back at the Iowa ball field, Terrance Mann is in baseball heaven (literally, since he died back east and it was his ghost that rode back to Iowa with Ray Kinsella). The doc plays with the White Sox in baseball heaven too, but when Ray's daughter chokes on a hotdog, the doc runs out of baseball heaven to do a tamer version of the Heimlich maneuver and saves her from choking. Forever a doctor again, "Shoeless" Joe tells "Doc" he was good enough to be pro.

The finale is when Ray's dad comes out of the corn to play ball with the other ghosts. He is very young and Ray thinks that his dad doesn't recognise him, saying "I only saw him years later when he was worn down by life". He plays catch with his Dad and afterward his Dad asks him "Is this Heaven?". Ray says it is Iowa. He meets Ray's wife and daughter, they exchange some small talk, then he departs. As the Dad is walking back toward the cornfield where the ghosts come from, Ray calls out "DAD?". His Dad stops and looks back. "You want to have a catch?" At this point, the viewer may feel some habernero in his eyes.

Cars full of people come to pay money to Ray to sit at his ballfield, a shrine to their memories. The bank repossessors do not get the farm. Everything is sentimentally hunky-dory. This is "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" film of baseball.

This is one of the best "feel good" movies of all times. It's beautiful story line is so good that it is not even affected by the naivity of Costner's acting. I might even say this might be the only movie it does contribute to the success.

I use to have the original Field of Dreams DVD and I didn't like it all that much but this newer DVD collector's edition is so much better. There are new great features, deleted scenes, and commentary. Don't buy the original DVD buy the new Anniversary Edition DVD. It's so much better!

This is one of the best most moving films i have ever seen. If you like baseball this is for you. It has given me an incentive to find more information about the players in the film which i found quite easy to do. "Build it and he will come". FANTASTIC.

Baseball movies not only make great sports movies, they also make just Great Movies, period. If you have any questions about this or think otherwise, then just watch this movie. It will answer all your questions and doubts. Costner, Liotta, and Jones are superb in this drama. A great movie for anyone who likes great movies.