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[@itubeutubewealltube1]

the black and white movie shown on the TV is Harvey, with jimmy stewart from its a wonderful life, should definately check out Harvey, so many great movies reference it in very subtle ways...

[@Stevo-xe9jw]

Now you need to watch "Major League!" starring Charlie Sheen and Wesley Snipes. Outrageously hilarious.

[@dennisbay3035]

OMG.. forgot one.. based upon a true story.. Moneyball

[@d.w.strangeman4963]

​@@Stevo-xe9jw A league Of Their Own?

[@mister62085]

I want ask Kevin Costner to sign my Cal Ripken Junior jersey he declined because one day he decided to have an affair and sleep with Cal Ripken wife

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

Women appreciate the last scene. Men weep. Every time.

[@marktracy1721]

Yup every time And I'm not a baseball fan

[@blinkybill2198]

Gets me everytime

[@elzar760]

No no, I just had someone spray me with pepper spray. That’s all that’s going on at this very moment at the end of the film. Hang on, i need to get a tissue.

[@periechontology]

Awkward Ashley was crying hysterically.

[@timcook6566]

💯true. Not a big Costner fan, but I can’t imagine anyone else in this role. Gets me every time

[@ThatMrBaldamort]

I have never seen sombody think "too wholesome" as a complaint against something, wtf kinda world we living in now days? 🙄

[@packedentertainment2866]

A world where everyone has become desensitized.

[@davemcbroom695]

Iowa boy here. The producers put out an unpaid casting call to anyone and everyone to drive their cars at the end of the movie. I'm somewhere towards the middle. That's me waving, you just can't see it.

[@Fatknacker62]

Too wholesome? We live in a cynical world these days, I'm a 63 yo brit and I never grow tired of watching it. 4.5 on my scale out of 5. ❤

[@drdavid1963]

Yeah, if he'd checked the data, he never would have fulfilled his dream.

[@gmunden1]

I have watched this film several times. I never tire of it. It's a great story of the sport, reconciliation, faith, forgiveness, and love. This film is amazing.

[@drdavid1963]

@@gmunden1 - I think you understand the film if you have struggled to achieve something, particularly when no one else believes in you or when you are confused and suddenly everything makes sense. Then, the ending and the whole film really resonates.

[@lancewolf2451]

the plot is such a contrived premise ..

[@Smileybeeblevrox]

Well yeah, it's a fantasy film. Duh!

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

James Earl Jones monologue about baseball is one of the best written and acted moments in film. Another fun baseball movie to watch is A League of Their Own

[@jrobwoo688]

I second A League of Their Own

[@courtneyroberts6011]

I definitely agree with that cause he is a legend

[@reesebn38]

Holy shi-! It makes me cry!

[@SurvivorBri]

As much as I adore Field of Dreams, I think League of Their Own tops it for me.

[@DontrelleRoosevelt]

@@SurvivorBri A League of Their Own doesn't TOUCH this. It's waaaay down the list.

[@kissmy_butt1302]

Baseball really is a macguffin. The movie is about faith, forgiveness and sacrifice.

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

And hope. Thanks for the Hichcock reference.

[@bobbolondz4211]

A sausage and egg macguffin.

[@pudder68]

"How could you not be romantic about baseball?"

[@retromania8269]

I love Mcguffins! Every time I have McDonald's breakfast I order one.

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

I love the smell of baseball in the morning.

[@BofaMahnuts]

Sad era when great movies become "too wholesome"

[@lanebatts26]

I know right, showing her age here lol

[@elbarto152]

Well said.

[@packedentertainment2866]

The world’s become desensitized. It’s so disappointing

[@ReadingRambo152]

One of the coolest things in this movie is that Moonlight Graham was a real person. He played one game in the major league in 1905, and then he was a children's doctor from 1909-1959 in Chisholm, Minnesota. What a legend.

[@notkg]

What makes this even more interesting is that, when they were looking for him in the movie, the people that were talking about him were people who really knew him; they were real accounts.

[@asterix7842]

Played here by the great Burt Lancaster.

[@JohnWelsh-oz3jz]

I never knew that!

[@alexflorea4879]

For all of us who have lost a parent this movie hits in a very different way, personally I don't know anything about baseball but I know I would give anything to be able to talk to my mother once again and ask for her advice.

[@skepticalllama2484]

100% agree.

[@lanebatts26]

Exactly.

[@EchoesDaBear]

Spot on! I wasn't even in the country when my mom passed, suddenly and unexpectedly. What I wouldn't give to talk to her again...and to enjoy more time with her grandkids!

[@packedentertainment2866]

I’m sorry for your loss.

[@craigreipold3931]

I never really thought that Field of Dreams was about baseball, the field itself is a character in the story, also the starting point and destination of a journey towards understanding and forgiveness. I’ve always been a bit cynical and skeptical by nature, I’m gen-x after all, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard”too wholesome” used as a criticism before. I get why, it’s just a new sentiment to hear.

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

Very few people in 2024 would know, but Moonlight Graham was played by a legendary actor from the 40s & 50s Getting him for this role was a major deal at the time. People just liked seeing him on the screen again.

[@THOMMGB]

It was Burt Lancaster's last film role.

[@larrystuder6378]

Tiny correction- Burt Lancaster was the actor, Moonlight Graham the role. Moonlight Graham, as I understand it, was a real person, and that is his real record in the baseball record books.

[@williamquinlan6153]

​@@larrystuder6378....what?

[@TheBTG88]

You don’t need to love baseball to love this movie. It was just a string to deliver the true story of redemption.

[@timroebuck3458]

This is a guy tear jerker movie. Every American boy has played pitch, catch, and hit with their dad . The end made me think of when I did this with my dad. He passed away in 2011 and this scene was even more poignant for me after that.

[@glennlesliedance]

I have vivid memories of playing catch with my father in the back yard. I have a vivid memory of my last ball game when I was catching and got clocked by a thrown bat. I remember my father running from where he had parked to watch the game and tearing his tee shirt to wrap ice to put on my face. He'll have been gone 40 years this coming fall. How I wish I could have a catch or drink with him.

[@lanebatts26]

​@@glennlesliedanceyep, thankful my dad is still around. Every time I watch this, makes me dread when he won't be. We should all tell our parents we love them more often

[@islandseeker1260]

There's no crying in baseball!! 😁

[@packedentertainment2866]

Every American boy back in the day you mean. Ever since the 2010s everyone’s been obsessed with technology. You don’t see children go to parks or go outside nowadays. Lots of parents don’t even try anymore either, they just put you in front of screen to distract instead of going out to play catch or tag or anything physical/outside

[@axr7149]

This was the final film of the legendary Hollywood Golden Age actor Burt Lancaster (who played Moonlight Graham). He has had a legendary career filled with great performances including SEPARATE TABLES (1958), JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961) and also ELMER GANTRY(1960) (for which he won Best Actor Oscar), all of which I recommend.

[@ckobo84]

Burt Lancaster is better looking at 85 years old or whatever he is here then most of us are at any point in our lifes, lol

[@ecclesrice9789]

Burt was a circus acrobat before films and quite often performed his own stunts.

[@thomasharfst3381]

One great movie with Burt Lancaster is 'Tough Guys' with Kirk Douglas. It's not an award winner, but it a great and fun film. :)

[@aaronpincus6095]

The line after he saved the girl, "Rookie, you were good." was actually thrown in as an homage to Lancaster. Basically the writers saying personally to him, as an actor "You were good"

[@aaronpincus6095]

@acr7148 If you haven't seen it try the movie "Rocket Gibraltar" An underrated Lancaster film

[@7wnb]

As a grown man who’s seen this movie a countless number of times, I still get teary eyed when he asks his dad if he wants to play catch… my dad always made time to play catch with me & those will always be some of my most treasured childhood memories

[@davidmc1489]

Dont recall ever playin catch w my dad. He was a work aholic. And never much into sports as far as i know. Still a good movie though.

[@benenglishtx]

It's tough for folks not from the USA to understand that baseball can be a religious experience for so many people. I wouldn't dare to try to explain.

[@KaiserKiller]

Women amd foreigners should be barred from seeing this movie. They don't have the capacity to understand

[@aaronpincus6095]

The line after he saved the girl, "Rookie, you were good." was actually thrown in as an homage to Lancaster. Basically the writers saying personally to him, as an actor "You were good"

[@Theisnation212]

“Hey dad? You wanna have a catch?” will forever make me sob uncontrollably. Love you Dad. Thankful I can still play catch with him at 34 years old ❤

[@tomhamilton4206]

The part with Ray playing catch with the young version of his father really gets to me and takes me back to when I was young and my father found time to play catch with me. I am over 70 and that really brings back the memory of that.

[@howardadamkramer]

The Field of Dreams is still around. It is now a popular tourist attraction. They occasionally play major league baseball games there. Also, if you want more information about the Black Sox, there's a great movie called "Eight Men Out".

[@TheBTG88]

For clarity, the MBL games are played at a small, official-sized field that is located adjacent to the field constructed for the film.

[@howardadamkramer]

@@TheBTG88 I really wanted to go to the Yankees-White Sox game a few years ago. I hope it becomes a tradition.

[@TheBTG88]

@@howardadamkramer It’s a regular part of the MLB schedule.

[@howardadamkramer]

@@TheBTG88 21 was Yankees-White Sox; 22 was Cubs-Reds; but I don't think there was a game last year. Is there a game this year? It may be intermittent.

[@TheBTG88]

@@howardadamkramer As I recall, there was some MBL scheduling issue that caused it not to happen, but it will be back this year.

[@teeheeteeheeish]

Playing catch with dad in the early evening, just as the sky begins turns pink, only to be interrupted when mom calls out letting you know that dinner is ready. This movie encapsulates that source memory, and just like Terrence said at the end, people will want to feel that feeling they had as a kid again. In that sense, the movie is magic.

[@TheDivayenta]

That pink sky destroys me every time. And the crickets.

[@benjamineckles]

44 years old and I still ball my eyes out. Even with a chopped up KZbin version. 😢

[@zammmerjammer]

*bawl

[@XghostXfaceX2]

Idk if other countries have something comparable. I am sure they do. But for us Americans playing catch with your Dad is a very special moment. I was never a big sports person. But I still valued playing catch with my Dad as a kid. So I still take every chance I can to play catch with him, while he is still here.

[@gmunden1]

Amy Madigan is an established actress. She is married to Academy Award nominee Ed Harris ("Pollock, " "Truman Show," "The Right Stuff," "Apollo 13"). Amy Madigan starred in a Stephen King film, "Needful Things." She also starred in "Uncle Buck."

[@danebono7667]

Want Costner in a less wholesome sports movie? Watch Bull Durham. Baseball is the backdrop, not the entire story.

[@josephodriscoll8299]

I wish there were more Bull Durham reactions out there.

[@pheverdream5618]

This story is of the same kind as Star Wars. It is the Hero's Journey! In the beginning the hero hears or feels "The Call". The hero who reponds to the call enters a mystery which is initially unknown or explained until the Journey is completed. It is mythic.

[@JordanCesaroni93]

“If you build it, he will come”. I love that quote so much

[@reesebn38]

It's iconic!

[@craigmarshall8377]

This movie has generated more tears from adult American men than any other film except maybe Brian's Song.

[@marktracy1721]

So true

[@SixFootTurkey_]

And The Dirty Dozen :)

[@craigmarshall8377]

@@SixFootTurkey_ According to Tom Hanks. LOL.

[@Christopher-Baltimore]

I can imagine it would be hard to grasp the full meaning of this movie without a good understanding of how baseball was perceived in America throughout the 20th century. Having a catch with your dad brings up a lot of strong feelings for men who either had that kind of relationship or didn’t with their fathers. For Americans, I’d say this movie isn’t “wholesome” but rather nostalgic. It brings back memories of times past in one’s own personal life and the decades shared between fathers and sons and the National Pastime that brought them together, sometimes when there was little else to do so, baseball.

[@Ernwaldo]

From a child of the Sixties, well said.

[@BoTheFo]

I highly suggest watching The Natural (1984) starring Robert Redford. One of the best baseball and lighthearted movies ever, I can say it had the best ending EVER!

[@jagnet79]

I'm a 44 yr old Aussie and true what you said about baseball not really being part of most Aussies' lives but still, I grew up loving this movie. It is more of a guy's movie and sorry but every man will weep at the part when he gets to play ball with his dad, most guys will admit that this film is one of the few films where it is universally acceptable for a man to cry!

[@chrisedwards7095]

In "Pride of The Yankees" (1942) Gary Cooper plays Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth plays himself. Gehrig and Ruth played for the New York Yankees in the 20's and 30's and were two of the best players ever.

[@retromania8269]

One of the greatest baseball movies ever! Top 5 along with The Sandlot, League of their own, the Bad News Bears (1977), and Major League!

[@Smileyface2024]

Don't forget about The Natural starring Robert Redford!

[@retromania8269]

​@@Smileyface2024The Natural definitely goes in my top 10!

[@JabbaTheAmerican]

10:04 Wrigley Field in Chicago had just installed lights when this was being filmed. For decades, all Cubs home games began at 1:15 PM. In 1984, the Cubs almost went to the World Series (MLB championship, National League champion vs. American League champion, first to 4 wins), but the owners wanted all World Series games to be played at night. As a result, starting in 1985, it was decided that if the Cubs made it to the Series, they would have to play their games at the closest National League field, which was Busch Stadium, 250 miles away and home to their longtime rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals. As a result, the Cubs rushed to renovate the roof to hold the weight of lights and equipment and had them ready by the middle of the 1988 season.

[@bobapjok4241]

"8 men out" is about the "Black Sox" scandal (1919) mentioned in the movie. It tells the story of what happened. check it out if you are interested in the back story to this.

[@glennlesliedance]

One of my top 5 movies. I remember seeing it in the theater. It's about father and sons; about loss and longing for that "one more chance" to make amends; to share a special moment. I cry every time I watch it, still.

[@rxlxviii]

Babe Ruth played most of his career for the New York Yankees. Shoeless Joe played for the Chicago White Sox (infamously called The Black Sox due to the 1919 World Series). The film Eight Men Out is about that Chicago White Sox team. Also, if you consistently hit over .300 every season, it is most likely you will get a $300+ million contract.

[@fmellish71]

Considering that this came out in 1989, a lot of adults at the time had grown up in the '60s and '70s which was when the growing youth culture created a very sizable generation gap between adolescents/young adults and their parents. Also, at the time baseball was still possibly the most popular sport in the United States, so the movie really struck a chord with a lot of people from the baby boomer generation, especially with Ray and his dad. A lot of men in their 30s and 40s at that time had very similar relationships with their fathers. You'll find a lot of popular baseball movies that were made in the '80s and '90s that have the sort of grand feeling that presents the sport as a larger than life thing that defined America in the 20th century because baby boomers were young when baseball was still looked at that way.

[@marybrown6128]

This is a real place, it’s a tourist attraction now. My brother went there for his 50th birthday. He was 10 when our dad died, dad was always involved in all our little league teams for my siblings growing up either as a coach or an umpire (I didn’t play), so it was a big deal to him.

[@jrobwoo688]

Such a wonderful concept for a movie. Just an absolute classic.

[@johnniekight1879]

"Major League" is a real good movie on baseball. Great cast as well.

[@tomski120]

I'm English, don't much care for baseball and never met my dad. I chuffin love this film 😊

[@TheDivayenta]

You understand! ❤

[@drdavid1963]

I'm from the UK and when it came out in 1989, 'if you build it, he will come' became a kind of catchphrase and has since. I have met a lot of people over the years who have quoted that line and can't remember the film. So, it's not so much about baseball as in believing in your dreams even if others think you're crazy. There's a quote from German philosopher, Goethe, who said, to the effect of 'When you decide to do something, all kinds of things come to assist you that you could not have dreamed of'. I like the film not just because it's about believing in your dreams but because it shows how all those things that can happen to help you that you could never plan or imagine, all because you made the decision to follow your dream. Five out of five stars for me.

[@distemic]

Love this movie. On a road trip in 92, we went to the site. I had a catch on the field with my dad. My dads cousin owned the farm you can see in the background. “Eight men out” is a movie about the black Sox scandal

[@rhoanjenson7475]

For a movie to become "too wholesome" should be a wakeup call to the state of the world we live in now.

[@gmunden1]

You should watch more of Burt Lancaster's work. He was a phenomenal actor. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) The Birdnan if Alcatraz 1962 Come Back Little Sheba 1952 Marty 1955 The Rose Tattoo 1955 Elmer Gantry 1960 From Here to Eternity 1953 (The beach scene is parodied in the comedy "Airplane!") Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 A Child is Waiting 1963 The Train 1964 Sweet Smell of Success 1957 Airport 1970 Atlantic City 1970 Local Hero 1983 There are so many more of his films to experience.

[@TedLittle-yp7uj]

The Hallelujah Trail is a wonderful (and wonderfully and deliberately politically incorrect) western spoof made by people who loved westerns.

[@marktracy1721]

Too Wholesome?? Wow I dont think you get it

[@darkglass1]

The movie Bull Durham also stars Kevin Costner and is 100% about baseball.

[@silvervibranium2832]

it brings out the tears when I see the father. The actor just came from his dad's funeral to be in that scene. And you can see it in his eyes.

[@Vote_Blue]

that baseball diamond is still in that corn field in Iowa. you can go visit it, any time.

[@thebluecollarbibleguy5114]

Every American man cries at the last scene when Ray gets a chance to play catch with his dad.

[@thatgirlinokc3975]

I LOVE this movie. Even watching your reaction I teared up at the end when he called him Dad ❤

[@adz_b]

This is in my Top 10 of all time, tear up at the end…every time.👍👏🏻😍🇬🇧

[@cmb318]

The Field Of Dreams that was built for this movie still exists in Iowa. Additionally, Major League Baseball in America built an adjacent, professional, baseball stadium, modeled after the Chicago White Sox original, home, field, Comiskey Park, where they have twice held actual games there once a season. There are two, other, great, baseball movies that you should watch and react to if you ever get the chance. Eight Men Out is about the Black Sox Scandal during the 1919 World Series that eventually led to “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and the other, seven, Chicago White Sox players being permanently banned from ever playing professional baseball again. A great, underrated movie that has one of the saddest, final moments in any sports film that was actually mentioned in the opening monologue of Field Of Dreams The other movie is The Natural starring Robert Redford. It’s best described as the myth of how we all think about how baseball was played in days gone by. A truly, great, uplifting, magical film.

[@troy34bronze]

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are extras in the crowd at the Boston game.

[@Ry_Guy1]

“Where are they parking their cars?” 😂😂😂

[@leehewitson3085]

I'm from England but I ❤ this film

[@davidoatis1888]

As an American, baseball was a big part of mine and my dad’s relationship. He taught me how to play, how to pitch and coached on my teams. We attended many Houston Astros games throughout the years. Like many young men, I rebelled and later in life regretted some of my rebellion after my dad died suddenly. Sadly, some of our issues went unresolved…. I tear up at certain points in this movie every time I watch it. The foundations of your relationships determine how people relate to this film. Wholesome, yes. Fantasy, yes. Realistic, no. But for those that can relate to it, very heartfelt.

[@DontrelleRoosevelt]

This is a 5/5. I showed this to a friend, from Peru, where baseball is not popular, and now, she likes it more than just about any movie. Movies are meant to be movies, not political correctness and cynicism.

[@musicloverchiefsfan5410]

Great reaction, Mary! I am from Iowa. When this film was being made I was student at UNI (a college near where this was filmed). Three friends and I were in one of cars in that long line at the end. I had no idea it'd be such a fond memory that I'd be looking back on for the next 30+ years! Thanks for doing this.. it's a great movie!

[@MikeWood]

Back around 1990, I met WP Kinsella, the author of Shoeless Joe which Field of Dreams was based on. Nice guy. Somewhere I might have an autographed copy of the book. A classic baseball movie. Really heartwarming. :)

[@Johnny_Socko]

Many years ago I read an interview with the director Phil Alden Robinson, who recounted a discussion he had with WP Kinsela. He had asked Kinsela if it was OK if they named the movie _Field of Dreams_ instead of using the book's title. Kinsela said it was fine because it was his publisher who had insisted on naming the book "Shoeless Joe". Robinson asked, "So what was your original name for the book then?" And Kinsela said, "Dream Field".

[@socalpaul487]

Always brings a tear to my eye when Archie leaves the field and becomes Doc

[@matthewwood3204]

The whole ending of the movie is emotional gold! But the "Hey Dad... Want to have a catch!" scene is priceless. Fathers and sons playing catch is a treasured memory for most American men. My father never refused when I asked him to play catch, even if he was in the middle of doing something else. He always stopped what he was doing and played catch with me. I loved baseball as a boy and always wanted to play whenever I could. Years later I was joking with my dad about how much of a pest I probably was always wanting to play catch and have him pitch balls to me to hit. I asked him why he never refused once or asked me to check with him later when he wasn't so busy. He told me that you never get those moments back. I then realized he was referring to losing his father. His dad died at 52 when my father was only 27. To this day, I think my father still struggles with the fact that he didn't have more time with his father. And as a result, he's never taken for granted any time he can spend with his 4 sons and daughter, because you never know how much time you will have your children or parents. My dad is now 83, and I know my brothers, sister and I are very lucky to have had this much time with him. I also know that the time I have left with him is limited. When he is gone I will miss him every day!

[@danielkillian1222]

You should watch Harvey. Great old Jimy Stewart movie.

[@blueboy4244]

which was the movie on the tv that he turned off early in the film

[@LeighMet]

You are getting your teams mixed up. Ruth played for the RED Sox and Yankees Joe Jackson played for the WHITE SOX. Lights first came in 1938.

[@UncleQue]

Mary the final scene will seem even more touching when you learn the following. In the original ending after when Ray’s father meets Ray and his wife and child there was no actual acknowledgment to dad’s ghost that Ray was his son. In test screenings the audiences didn’t like that. As a result they decided to get the 4 actors together and film an addition to the ending. That was the whole part about “is this heaven?” And then Ray asking “Dad, do you wanna have a catch”. Dwier Brown’s (who played Ray’s dad) father died a couple of days before the reshoot. Brown being a young actor knew he had to make the shoot left immediately after his dad’s funeral and drove day and night to get to Iowa to film it. It makes that whole father/son/heaven interaction more special to watch as it was very emotional for him to do so so after losing his own father.

[@scottluvisi9941]

Kevin Costner has been in 3 movies involving baseball, "Field of Dreams", "Bull Durham" and "Stealing Home". Baseball is just the backdrop for the story.

[@Asher1347]

I’m 33 and I grew up with Sandlot and Field of dreams, and James Earl Jones being in both films were two separate facts I’ve never thought about. Lol

[@dimitrisionas9566]

I'd give this a 4.8/5 This movie belongs in a category of it's own. There isn't really a antagonist, or high stakes. But it connects on a personnel level. And deals with unresolved issues from parent/kid relationships so many have experienced, myself included. I grew up watching baseball, it was one of the few things my dad and I had in common.

[@jamesgreenhow108]

I LOVE IT !!!!! Mary... you wanted them to send Terrence Mann an E-MAIL in 1989 ?? That really would have added a whole other degree of creepiness to the movie 😃

[@rafaucett]

Surprisingly, It existed back then. Look up the company MCI Mail. I was a subscriber beginning in 1984. It just wasn't via the Internet as we know it today. ---- From Wiki: "MCI Mail was one of the first commercial email services in the United States and one of the largest telecommunication services in the world. Operated by MCI Communications Corp. from 1983 to 2003, MCI Mail offered its customers a low cost and effective solution for sending and receiving electronic mail. The MCI Mail service was launched on September 23, 1983, in Washington, D.C., during a press conference that was hosted by MCI's founder and Chairman, William G. McGowan. MCI Mail was the first commercial email service to use the Internet, in 1989. The service was officially decommissioned by MCI at 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2003."

[@bwsinfonia13]

Baseball started before electricity was widespread

[@thundernels]

Is this a re-upload or am I dreaming? I believe James Earl Jones was wary to make another baseball movie, but the monologue made it too good to pass up, but he thought there was no way they would keep the whole speech in the movie. They did.

[@chrissmith7584]

You have to check out “Bull Durham” w/ Kevin Costner. Being from Durham, the movie will always be special to me, but it’s one of the best baseball movies ever

[@Randsurfer]

American Men who grew up in the 50's, 60's, 70's (and perhaps later) have a special insight to the power of that last scene. Having a catch with your dad is as iconic as it gets.

[@MrPerthglory]

Magical movie. Hits you in the feels.

[@brianlangstraat3066]

The Field of Dreams still exists in Dyersville, Iowa. I visited it a few times as an Iowan kid. In 2021, the first Major League Baseball game was played there.

[@mikebrown7799]

Hi Mary!😊 Email was brand new in 1989. Some people did not catch that young Archie Graham being picked up as a hitchhiker, was actually old Doc Graham.😉 The film would probably have more meaning for you if you had grown up with baseball in Austrailia. I think it does have much more impact if you are an American.😉 Great reactions to this well made fantasy classic, Mary!!!! 🎬👏👏👏👏

[@memnarch129]

Scrolled down first to check so a bit of moving trivia. The field is REAL. They went to a farm in Iowa and actually built the field, and its still there today. Still 20 dollars a ticket to walk out onto the field and play catch to. Couple years ago the MLB went about 100 yards down and built a regulation sized field that backs up to the corn. Once a year they play a exhibition game on that field and the players from the teams walk out of the corn field. First year Kevin Costner announced the opening of the game. It really is as Terrance Mann said "People will come Ray, People will come."

[@Ernwaldo]

MLB games aren’t exhibition games, they’re part of the regular schedule.

[@charlesedwards2856]

I grew up on baseball, even though my dad wasn’t a huge sports fan he still had a glove from when he was a teenager and he taught me how to throw and catch. He took me to my first game to play and my first big league game to watch. I never saw this movie until I was in my twenties, though I knew of it, because it felt like an “adult movie” when I was a little kid. By the time I had seen the movie, my father had died nearly a decade before when I was 13. When he asks his dad to play catch, I lose it every time. Not weepy, full blown crying, because I wish I could have that chance just once more to spend time with my dad. There’s no such thing as too wholesome. It either is wholesome or it isn’t, just like you can’t just be “whelmed”, it has to be over or under. This is up there as a nearly perfect movie.

[@mattlehigh8560]

Love this movie. Went on a family trip and visited the actual field in Iowa. Great time.

[@fitzgivesfits1]

This is a fully functional field, in fact, on June 20th the San Francisco Giants will play the Saint Louis Cardinals in a regular season game.

[@PE4Doers]

When I was 15, my Father and I heard voices from an empty tenement apartment in Brooklyn, NY. We were there to fix the Television set, but the couple who owned it were not home, then arrived just as we were about to leave.

[@AFMountaineer2000]

The baseball field still exists and is open to tourists

[@warrenbfeagins]

They played an actual regular season game on it too. White Sox vs The Yankees in 2021. It was a good game too and Costner spoke before the game. Cub played the Reds there the next season I think.

[@MonctonRad]

Field of Dreams makes grown men cry - every single time. The trigger is the line at the end of the movie - "Hey Dad, you wanna have a catch?" Women seem to appreciate the movie, but they react a bit different emotionally. It is an homage to loss of a parent, and a desire to make amends. A tribute to memories of a different time when you were younger and idolized your father, looking forward to those times when you could monopolize his time by having a simple game of catch. It is a remembrance of a simpler time when all was right with the world. Field of Dreams is all that and more. It really strikes to the heart of grown men.

[@Trifler500]

I read that in the original version of the last scene with his Dad, they showed it to a test audience with Costner playing catch with his Dad without ever calling him anything but his first name. Everyone in the audience reported being disappointed that there was never any verbal recognition that the father knew Costner's character was his son. So, they did a new take of the scene where he calls him "Dad" and then everyone in the test audience reported that one word completely changed and completed the scene. :)

[@jamesgreenhow108]

Here are my list of favorite baseball tearjerkers you will love. 1. THE NATURAL 2. PRIDE OF THE YANKEES 3. "42" 4. AMAZING GRACE and CHUCK

[@476429]

I was like you in that I was closer to my mom. When I watched this movie in the past, I enjoyed it, but it didn't have a lot of emotional resonance. Now that my father is gone, it hits *HARD*. And the very fact that I wasn't closer to my father is one of the reasons it hits hard.

[@itt23r]

I think you hit it on the head in your assessment that to appreciate this movie you need to have had a strong relationship with your father. For those in that category the ending for them is Niagara Falls

[@larrystuder6378]

Baseball is a tool in this movie, or like an axis or timeline. It's a movie about Fathers and Sons, and maybe about fate or destiny- everybody's thing works out the way it's supposed to. The other thing about this movie is watching the performances- it's great fun to watch 2 " old guys", Burt Lancaster and James Earl Jones turn on the charisma and steal every scene they're in. And Dwier Brown, as John, is a fine actor. He's still around, turning in remarkable performances.

[@user-jm7jp3nq8c]

So sad, this movie went over your head. I'm a Brit', I have no love of baseball, yet this is possibly my all-time favourite movie. So many memorable scenes & characters. Especially the late, great Burt Lancaster.

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

Its money they have. Its peace theyl lack. I am coming to think this is the pivotal phrase of the movie.

[@nrkgalt]

Another sports movie that you may be interested in watching is Chariots of Fire, especially with the Olympics coming up. It is about 2 track runners. A sports movie that you won’t have to worry about being wholesome is He Got Game from 1998. It’s about basketball. If you are looking for a baseball comedy, then you will want to see Major League.

[@Laurie473]

" When did these Ball Player's get here.... ?? " - Nothing more than perception, & opening your eyes to new possibilities & wider perspectives 💌☮👻

[@richo6537]

I don't have a great relationship with my Father either. This movie rips me apart at the end, because I insert the dad aspect, with the people I wish I could see again. My Nanny and Poppy, my Auntie. I think it's more about a wish to reconnect with a loved one, more than being at peace with a troubled relationship of a lost family and member.

[@wingman4356]

I'm an American and my dad coached my little league team. I used to practice pitching to him in my backyard with him as catcher and he insisted that he catch next to a tree to simulate a batter. If I was throwing to him for 30 minutes at least one pitch would ricochet and hit him in the hand or head or leg. He'd jump up cursing, then get right back down for the next pitch. I was just in awe at how insane he was and the incredible sacrifice he was making for me. I'd try to convince him to catch somewhere else, but he thought it was the perfect spot in the yard to make me a better pitcher. I quit baseball to focus on football and basketball because I felt baseball was boring, but when he dies that's a story I'll tell at his funeral. I'd like to see the reaction of Japanese and S, Korean baseball players.

[@blinkybill2198]

For Love of The Game is another great Kevin Costner sports movie.

[@twoheart7813]

My dad loved baseball, I liked it but I loved the time I spent with him watching games before he passed away so this movie is sentimental to me. I enjoyed your reaction and your straightforward thoughts on the movie which is why I like your channel.

[@TSIRKLAND]

4:14 - "Good evening, Mr. Dowd" what they were watching on the TV was "Harvey" from 1950, starring the great Jimmy Stewart. It's a classic; you should definitely give it a look!

[@andrewneese6484]

This movie was filmed on a real farm on the outskirts of a town called Dyersville, Iowa. You can still visit the "Field of Dreams movie site" today. It has become a tourist attraction.