| | | If you believe the impossible, the incredible can come true.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Audio Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, Spanish, French Subtitled, 2 Discs
"If you build it, he will come". With these words, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife Annie (Amy Madigan), Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true, a baseball diamond. Along the way he meets reclusive activist Terence Mann (James Earl Jones), the mysterious "Doc" Graham (Burt Lancaster) and even the legendary "Shoeless Joe" Jackson (Ray Liotta). A heartwarming experience that has moved critics and audiences like no other film of this generation, Field Of Dreams is a glowing tribute to all who dare to dream.
"A work so smartly written, so beautifully filmed, so perfectly acted, that it does the almost impossible trick of turning sentimentality into true emotion." Caryn James, New York Times
Editor's Note
In this film that epitomizes the American love for baseball, Ray Kinsella, a struggling Iowa farmer (Kevin Costner), obeys a mysterious voice in his cornfield that tells him to replace part of his crop with a baseball diamond, resulting in the magical meeting of baseball heroes from the past, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the seven other Chicago White Sox players who were suspended for purposefully losing the 1919 World Series. Even after building the diamond, Ray continues to hear voices, and seeks the help of a hermit-like author in sorting out the mystery, which allows the confrontation of ghosts of other sorts.
Plot Summary
Kevin Costner plays a former Sixties idealist who runs a farm in Iowa with his wife and young daughter. After hearing a mysterious, heavenly voice one day, Costner turns one of his cornfields into a baseball diamond. Of course, everyone thinks he's crazy, but in time "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other ghostly outcasts, who had previously languished in a sort of baseball purgatory, show up to play the game they still love. Soon men from all over the country join them at this baseball shrine, some just to play with the greats, others to mend the broken relationships they had with their fathers -- But all are trying to get back in touch with simpler times through the purity of America's grandest game.
| Features | America's Stadium Trivia | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, DTS 5.1 Surround; French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Bravo Special: From Page To Screen | | Deleted Scenes With Introductions By Phil Alden Robinson | | DVD-ROM Features | | Feature Commentary With Director Phil Alden Robinson And Director Of Photography John Lindley | | From Father To Son: Passing Along The Pastime | | Galena, IL Pinch Hits For Chisholm, MN | | Interactive Menus | | Roundtable With Kevin Costner, Bret Saberhagen, George Brett And Johnny Bench | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | The Diamond In The Husks |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Field of Dreams - DVD Review By: Mark Athitakis - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 6/2/2009 5:39 AM | |
Briefly, the plot of Field of Dreams: A thirty-something man hears voices from a Higher Power, abandons his ties to his family, wanders the earth gathering a passel of believers, suffers the mocking laughter of his townspeople but soon redeems himself, and, finally, is reconciled with his father. Say what you want about Kevin Costner, but you can’t say he never played Jesus Christ. In the ‘90s, Costner’s messianic ambitions – his belief that his aw-shucks Everyman demanded an epic canvas to match his bank account – produced some of the worst films ever made....read the full review |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 8/23/2005 |
| Running Time: 106 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1989 | | Catalog ID: 20140 | | UPC: 00025192014024 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1990) | | | Charles Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, Nominee, Best Picture | | | Phil Alden Robinson, Nominee, Best Writing, Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium |
| Memorable Quotes| "If you build it, he will come." ---- an unearthly voice heard by Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) | | "Oh, you're from the Sixties. Get out! Go back to the past while you can!" ---- reclusive writer Terence Mann (James Earl Jones) to Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) | | "I am pitching to Shoeless Joe Jackson." ---- Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) | | "Do you think I'm crazy?" ---- Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) to his wife Annie Kinsella (Amy Madigan) |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...A work so smartly written, so beautifully filmed, so perfectly acted, that it does the almost impossible trick of turning sentimentality into true emotion..." 04/21/1989 p.C8Entertainment Weekly
"...A labor of love for all concerned, and their sincerity and enthusiasm are suprisingly contagious..." -- Rating: B 07/26/1996 p.65 Los Angeles Times
"...FIELD OF DREAMS is about as heartfelt a movie as any major studio has given us recently..." 04/21/1989 p.C1 USA Today
"...Uniformly appealing acting..." 09/24/1993 p.3D Total Film
"...It's tight, gripping, and a bit moving too..." 05/01/2000 p.110 Premiere
"[T]his is a magical, moving experience, featuring a rare filmic glimpse at the serene beauty of Middle America." 07/01/2004 p.118 Movie Magazine International 8 of 10
The best sports movies are ones that carry simple, but powerful, themes beyond just the action on th - Alex Lau
Chicago Sun-Times 10 of 10
Field of Dreams will not appeal to grinches and grouches and realists. It is a delicate movie - Roger Ebert
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