What do people do at the Field of Dreams? Mostly, they just show up. The gift shop carries a selection of t-shirts with the movie's best-known catchphrases.ĭon Lansing finally bought out Al Ameskamp on August 17, 2007, and the Field was united at last. "We try to keep things pleasant," the now-deceased Al told us during a 1990s visit. It was not quite a dream, more like a schizophrenic episode. Ameskamp and Lansing quickly restored the Field to its original appearance, and for the next two decades they ran competing attractions, only a few feet apart, each with its own gift shop selling nearly identical stuff.
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But when the movie became a hit and tourists began arriving, he realized he'd made a mistake. After the film crew left, Ameskamp plowed up his half and planted a new crop of corn. The Field was built across the property line of two farmers, Don Lansing and Al Ameskamp.
(For those who don't know, Field of Dreams tells the story of an Iowa farmer who plows up part of his corn crop to build a baseball field, and then the ghosts of famous dead players come and play baseball on it.) The steady stream of cars pulling into its parking lot confirms their continued affection. It's the place dreams come true." Field of Dreams has affected the public in a way seldom matched in movie history," according to a sign at the Field. Ray asks his father, "Is there a heaven?" and his father answers, "Oh yeah. His own understanding and maturity are what enable him to see his father as he really was, even before he reappears on the baseball field. "I only saw him when he was worn down by life," Ray says. Ray builds the field to bring back Shoeless Joe, his father's hero, the hero Ray accused of being corrupt because he knew that would hurt his father.Īnd of course at the end, it turns out that the dream all along was not bringing back the greats of baseball, but of a reconciliation with his father that was not possible before he died. Ray tells Mann that his father's name was used for a character in one of Mann's books. It begins with Ray's description of growing up, using his refusal to play baseball as his teenage rebellion, and as a way to test his father's love.
There are echoes of Ray's father throughout the movie. The themes of this pleasantly satisfying movie are dreams, family, and baseball. Ray finds him, and together they hear the voice say "Go the distance." This leads them back in time to find an elderly doctor ( Burt Lancaster), who had a brief career in baseball but never got a chance at bat and they set out to find Mann. The voice speaks again: "Ease his pain." Ray comes to understand that this refers to an iconoclastic author of the 1960s named Terrence Mann ( James Earl Jones), now a recluse. Jackson was the hero of Ray's father, a former minor leaguer, with whom Ray had never been able to connect. And Jackson does show up, with his teammates. Ray and his wife (Amy Madigan) know this is a crazy thing to do, but they do it. In FIELD OF DREAMS, Ray Kinsella ( Kevin Costner) stands in the middle of his first Iowa corn crop and hears a voice say, "If you build it, he will come." He begins to understand that this means he must plow under the corn crop and build a baseball field so that Shoeless Joe Jackson, barred from baseball since 1919 and dead for years, can play on it. This is a nostalgic movie where the viewer is allowed to discover the meaning behind the story on their own. My 16-year-old appreciated the story telling style in that it doesn’t over explain every detail. I told my 8-year-old that I’d seen the movie before and reassured her that the character would be fine. There’s a scene where the young girl appears to be injured. When in doubt, parents should always preview a movie before letting their kids watch it. The PTA ‘book burning’ scene has one sexual reference that, admittedly, is unnecessary but will go over the heads of younger viewers. The phrase ‘son of a’ is used frequently, but not ‘son of a bitch.’ You’ll hear s**t one or two times and a**hole once. Other reviews have falsely mentioned frequent use of certain phrases. I didn’t have an issue with the language and prepped my kids ahead of time.
It’s the same concept, and not at all unfamiliar to anyone who’s ever watched a Disney film. I explained the supernatural aspect to my 8-year-old by comparing ‘the voice’ in the movie with the spirit that leads Elsa into the unknown in Frozen 2. We watched with our 16-year-old and 8-year-old.
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