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Field of Dreams

Year:
Duration:
107 min
Genres:
Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sport
IMDB rate:
7.6
Director:
Phil Alden Robinson
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 9 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1989-05-05
Filming Locations: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $531,346 (USA) (23 April 1989)
Gross: $64,431,625 (USA) Rentals $30,531,000 (USA)
Cast
Actor
Character
Amy Madigan
Amy Madigan
Field of Dreams
Kevin Costner
Ray Kinsella
Gaby Hoffmann
Karin Kinsella
Ray Liotta
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Timothy Busfield
Mark
James Earl Jones
Terence Mann
Burt Lancaster
Dr. Archibald 'Moonlight' Graham
Frank Whaley
Archie Graham
Dwier Brown
John Kinsella
James Andelin
Feed Store Farmer
Mary Anne Kean
Feed Store Lady
Fern Persons
Annie's Mother
Kelly Coffield Park
Dee, Mark's Wife (as Kelly Coffield)
Michael Milhoan
Buck Weaver - 3B
Steve Eastin
Eddie Cicotte - P
Charles Hoyes
Swede Risberg - C
Art LaFleur
Chick Gandil - 1B
Lee Garlington
Beulah Gasnick
Mike Nussbaum
Principal
Larry Brandenburg
PTA Heckler
Mary McDonald Gershon
PTA Heckler
Robert Kurcz
PTA Heckler
Don John Ross
Boston Butcher
Beatrice Fredman
Boston Yenta (as Bea Fredman)
Geoffrey Nauffts
Boston Pump Jockey
Anne Seymour
Chisolm Newspaper Publisher
C. George Biasi
Man in Bar #1
Howard Sherf
Man in Bar #2
Joseph R. Ryan
Man in Bar #3 (as Joseph Ryan)
Joe Glasberg
Customer
Mark Danker
Additional Ballplayer
Frank Dardis
Additional Ballplayer
Jim Doty
Additional Ballplayer
Mike Goad
Additional Ballplayer
Jay Hemond
Additional Ballplayer
Mike Hodge
Additional Ballplayer
Steve Jenkins
Additional Ballplayer
Terry Kelleher
Additional Ballplayer
Ron Lucas
Additional Ballplayer
Fred Martin
Additional Ballplayer
Curt McWilliams
Additional Ballplayer
Jude Milbert
Additional Ballplayer
Steve Olberding
Additional Ballplayer
Gene Potts
Additional Ballplayer
James Roth
Additional Ballplayer
Paul Scherrman
Additional Ballplayer
Dale Till
Additional Ballplayer
Brian Waldvogel
Additional Ballplayer (as Tom Vogel)
Brian E. Frankish
Clean-Shaven Umpire (as Brian Frankish)
Jeffrey Neal Silverman
Clean-Shaven Centerfielder
Ed Harris
The Voice (voice) (unconfirmed) (as The Voice)
Ben Affleck
Baseball Fan at Fenway Park (uncredited)
Matt Damon
Baseball Fan at Fenway Park (uncredited)
Kevin Fennessy
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Amy Madigan was offered a job as a bartender at a local bar during film. The owner did not know Madigan was an actress.
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J.D. Salinger, on whom the character Terence Mann is based, was very offended by the fictional portrayal of himself in W.P. Kinsella's novel "Shoeless Joe", upon which the film is based. His lawyers said that they would be "unhappy if it [the story] were transferred to other media," so the studio created the character of Terence Mann.
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According to supplementary material on the DVD edition of this film, shortly before shooting began, the actor who played Ray Kinsella's father, Dwier Brown, was notified that his father unfortunately pass away. Immediately after the funeral, he traveled directly from the funeral to filming in Iowa for the scene. He stated that although the emotion was too fresh and painful, it had an effect on how he eventually played his scene with Kevin Costner.
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Goofs
The first time Ray walks to his bedroom window to look at his cornfield, the camera closes in on him, but the perspective of the corn does not change, revealing the other side of the window to be a blue or green screen, and not a farm.
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At Fenway Park, when Oakland A's batter Jose Canseco is shown hitting a fly ball, the time on the scoreboard reads 8:41. A moment later, Ray looks up at the scoreboard to see the message about 'Moonlight' Graham and the time on the scoreboard reads 10:30.
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When Ray is driving around Boston, the weather jumps from sunny to rainy and back again between shots.
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Quotes
Ray Kinsella: [voice over] My father's name was John Kinsella. It's an Irish name. He was born in North Dakota in 1896, and never saw a big city until he came back from France in 1918. He settled in Chicago, where he quickly learned to live and die with the White Sox. Died a little when they lost the 1919 World Series. Died a lot the following summer when eight members of the team were accused of throwing that series. He played in the minors for a year too, but nothing ever came of it. Moved to Brooklyn in '35, married Mom in '38. He was already an old man working at the naval yards when I was born in 1952. My name's Ray Kinsella. Mom died when I was three, and I suppose Dad did the best he could. Instead of Mother Goose, I was put to bed at night to stories of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the great Shoeless Joe Jackson. Dad was a Yankees fan then, so of course I rooted for Brooklyn. But in '58, the Dodgers moved away, so we had to find other things to fight about. We did. And when it came time to go to college, I picked the farthest one from home I could find. This, of course, drove him right up the wall, which I suppose was the point. Officially, my major was English, but really it was the '60s. I marched, I smoked some grass, I tried to like sitar music, and I met Annie. The only thing we had in common was that she came from Iowa, and I had once heard of Iowa. After graduation, we moved to the Midwest and stayed with her family as long as we could... almost a full afternoon. Annie and I got married in June of '74. Dad died that fall. A few years later, Karin was born. She smelled weird, but we loved her anyway. Then Annie got the crazy idea that she could talk me into buying a farm. I'm thirty-six years old, I love my family, I love baseball, and I'm about to become a farmer. And until I heard the Voice, I'd never done a crazy thing in my whole life.
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Ray Kinsella: [about the reclusive Terence Mann] OK, the last interview he ever gave was in 1973. Guess what it's about.
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Karin Kinsella: Daddy?
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Faq
Q
What Actor voices "the Voice"
A
According to the AFI's Top 100 Quotes list it is Ray Liotta. However, Kevin Costner has claimed it is none other than himself.
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