“Field of Dreams” is a sports drama, screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson based on the novel by W.P.Kinsella and Directed by Phil Alden Robinson
In the extraordinary story, Iowa corn farmer
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) hears a voice in his corn field telling him, “If
you build it, he will come” and he interpreted this message as an instruction
to build a baseball diamond on his farm, with the support of his wife Annie (Amy
Madigan) and daughter Karin (Gaby Hoffmann).
Upon completion of the diamond players appear
from the corn, the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta) and the other
seven Chicago White Sox players who were banned from the game for throwing the
1919 World Series.
When the voices continue, Ray goes on the road
to seek out a reclusive author Terence Mann (James Earl Jones) to help him
understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field.
Before they can head back to the farm they are
directed to seek out Dr. Archibald 'Moonlight' Graham (Burt Lancaster) and find
his ghost, and then on the way home they pick up a hitch hiker who turns out to
be to young wannabee ball player, Archie Graham (Frank Whaley) and Kinsella has
his ball team, but there is one more surprise for Ray when his father John
(Dwier Brown) appears on the diamond.
Field Of Dreams is a Timeless Classic and a
perfect example of a movie that finds meaning, not in aspects of the story, but
rather in the underlying emotional core and heart that defines the story.
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