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Two British Guys first time watching Field of Dreams! A first time reaction to this American movie classic! We definitely offered an unique perspective on this movie which has so much meaning to so many people. Tune in to our Field of Dreams Reaction.
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Fellow Englishman here, this film was on one Christmas not long after I was married ( 1989 ). We watched it as a family, with my parents and younger sisters. When Ray asks his Dad to play catch, my typically reserved English Dad burst into tears and left the room, it was the first time I saw him cry ... As a 7 year old in July 1943, he'd waved his Dad off as he went off to his Royal Signals posting ... two days later, two Officers arrived at my Gran's door with the news that he'd been killed trying to save people during a bombing raid on the Rolls Royce Aero Engine factory in Derby .. I think the film brought all those suppressed feelings about his father to the surface, and the emotional dam burst ...
In 1996, he suffered a heart attack on holiday in New England, and had a 6 way by-pass at a hospital in Boston, performed over 8 hours by a Professor of Cardiology at Harvard. Eighteen months later, he, me and my 12 old son played a round of Golf, and had a bite to eat together afterwards. We said our goodbyes, and when I got home, it was my turn to cry like a baby ... my wife understood, " It's your Field of Dreams moment, you've done something today you thought you'd never be able to do " . Dad's 88 now, suffers from bad vascular Dementia and is in a Residential home. I love this film ...
Thanks for sharing your beautiful story - the cycle of life.
Thats a great story. So heartfelt. Three generations now four with your son, and I’m so glad you get to spend your Dads final days appreciating him and thinking about how much he means to you.
@@TheRealdal Thank you for that, Dad now also has two beautiful Great-Granddaughters aged 3 and six months ... I am of course, their doting " Pops " ... 🥰
Thank you for sharing. This moved to tears a second time.
Very moving story. Thank you for sharing it.
You CANNOT try to make logical sense of this film. It’s not possible. You must simply give in to the fantasy of it and experience the journey. I love this movie so much. I’ve seen it dozens of times, and I still cry at the end.
We realised that after haha! Such a great film!
@@DNReacts I wonder also how much of the movie is missed by any non-American, and generally non-male, people watching. In the US, with Baseball being what it is (or at least was until the real rise of the NFL in the 90's-2000's), baseball and playing catch were an integral part of father son relationships. I think the part where it is Ray's Heaven is just that metaphorically it is "every" adult American male's heaven to have another chance to go play catch with his dad just one more time.
@@fjvarro Agreed. But not just father son relationships. As a woman, one of my fondest memories with my dad is having a catch in the backyard.
What?
This story is pure Frank Capra.
It's A Wonderful Life.
It makes perfect sense.
Believe in your dreams.
It's right there in the title.
Duh?
One of the best sports movies. It was me and my dad’s favorite movie. I haven’t been able to watch it since he passed away. It’s such a wonderful movie. Even if you aren’t into baseball.
Baseball isn't just a sport for Americans; it's a deeply ingrained part of our cultural DNA. When outsiders watch films like 'Field of Dreams,' they often approach it with a more analytical eye, lacking the emotional connection we Americans feel. For us, it's not just a game; it's a flood of memories and emotions that awaken our inner child.
The sights, sounds, and smells of baseball-the crack of the bat, the scent of popcorn and hotdogs, the feel of a well-worn glove-transport us back to simpler times. Even the sight of a Little League game can evoke nostalgia. While I may watch more football and basketball these days, baseball retains a special place in my heart, and I believe, in the hearts of many Americans.
There's something magical about experiencing baseball in person. The energy of the crowd, the intimacy of the stadium-it's an experience that television simply can't replicate. And when you add the layer of learning the game from a loved one-whether it's a father, brother, uncle, or grandad-the emotional connection deepens even further.
'Field of Dreams' captures all of this beautifully, reminding us why we fell in love with baseball in the first place. As I grow older, its impact on me only intensifies, serving as a poignant reminder of the timeless bond between the game and the American spirit.
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Well said sir, and exactly correct.
I am going to be 67 at the end of the year and every Spring, about late March here in the North, when the whether is still cool but getting a little milder and flowers are blossoming on crab apple, cherry and Mountain Laurel, the smell of that immediately gives me a sense memory of being 11 and going to the first practices of little league at Jefferson Jr. High in Mt. Lebanon, PA. It is almost a little frightening that I can remember my teammates and their faces and what we joked about as knuckleheads in the Spring of 1969 (and some kid with his radio tuned the local "counterculture" FM radio stations in Pittsburgh--one of the first--WDVE playing "White Room" by Cream--specifically) all of the smells-- my glove (oiled over the Winter to help break in a new one), dirty hands and uniform, coaches hitting fly balls and grounders to us (taking one in the face on a bad hop for a bloody nose and of course the other kids laughing--typical boys in my area). So strange. But in the late Summer, Fall/Autumn I get a similar sense memory for football. This movie resonates.
This post was RIGHT ON! I have loved baseball my whole life. On a friend level me and my father bonded because of this game. In turn me and my son bonded on this game, as friends. It's too long to react to, but I suggest the documentary, "Baseball" by Ken Burns. It shows how this game has impacted America. Not just from an entertainment basis, but society basis.
Perfect! So true!
Burt Lancaster shows what a real movie star is. Every word drips with drama and warmth.
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Absolutely. He was great in it.
And his last movie
When I saw this movie when it first came out, I didn't think about baseball or Ray's dad. I thought about my mother and how I couldn't connect with her. I realized that by the time children "know" their parents, their parents have been worn down by life. Your parents have compromised in order to make your life better. I cried at the end of that film, not because of Ray but because of myself and my mother. What I didn't know or appreciate about my mother and how much I missed. That's what this film is about. It's about the desire to connect with those you love and the dreams you share, even though you have those dreams at different times chronologically -- your parents having aspirational dreams unrelated to you a generation earlier than you -- but not different in terms of the actual dreams of fulfillment, or pursuing what you love.
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You have put this beautifully and exactly how I relate to this "perfect" movie.
I’m 40 years old and have seen this movie hundreds of times and I cry every time he ask his dad to play catch
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@@DNReacts It was interesting watching a couple of British blokes react to this American classic, which I consider the best baseball film ever made. The second best baseball film ever made, IMO, should be next on your list of reactions. The 1976 comedy, *Bad News Bears,* starring Walter Matthau and a young Tatum O'Neal. It is fantastic! (Be sure to react to the original from '76.)
I'm 20 years older than you and female and this is true for me, too.
On the 25th I'm going to meet my seven year old nephew. He plays baseball. I told him I'm bringing my glove. My brother told me how excited he is. I can't wait.
That’s so cool! I hope you both have the best time!
Enjoy that moment. It will mean a lot to him.
Grown men cry at the end of this movie. I’m a 63 year old man and I can relate to the relationship I wish I would have had with my father who is long gone
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James Earl Jones character was real and alive. Recall that Ray’s brother in law could see and interact with him. He is healed as well by getting back into writing, which is his happy place and is a way back into society, rather than isolating himself.
Definitely.....and other scenes also show that he was alive.
The Moonlight Graham character is my favorite. Beautifully acted, beautifully written. And, technically, he never had an at bat because a sacrifice doesn't count as an at bat. He never got his wish but he got his dream.
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Dam this movie made me cry as a 18 year old father and now I'm a 54 year old grandfather and this movie makes me cry for a whole other reason. Miss you Dad and sorry to my children for my mistakes.
most people miss the fact that Graham's only hit was a sacrifice fly...mirror reflection of his life as a doctor
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It wasn't the 'sacrificial fly' if you look closely, you'll see that the ball goes to Archie's right, not left. Also, unless he runs faster than Usain Bolt, he wouldn't make it all the way round before it was thrown back in.
Some trivia for you... the land on which the baseball field was built was originally owned by two different families. The Lansing Family owned the farm house and the ball diamond. The Ameskamp family owned left and center field. When shooting for the movie ended, the Ameskamp portion was plowed into farm ground again but the Lansing family kept the diamond and people did in fact come to see the now famous ball diamond. After a year, the Ameskamp family rebuilt the left and center field but due to some disagreements between the two families, they operated each part separately. In 1990, a neighboring farmer started a baseball team called the "Ghost Players" who would play at the famous ball park to entertain visitors once a month, increasing the number of people who would go to experience the site. In 1991 and 1992, celebrity games were held with Hall of Fame ball players and movie celebrities playing to raise money for local charities. In 2006, the Ameskamp land was sold to the Lansing family so for the first time, the entire field was owned by one family. In 2011 the family sold the entire farm and the Go The Distance Baseball organization has been taking care of it since. (Go The Distance is now primarily owned by former baseball star Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas) Major League Baseball has held at least two games there and there are plans to do more as the attendance and viewership of the games were very good. If you like the farmhouse, you can rent it for $2200-$2500 a night. The site now gets about 100,000 visitors per year so Karen's words in the movie "People will come." came true.
Nice to see famous actor Bert Lancaster as Doc in one of his last roles.
Burt
Absolutely legendary actor. Should see him in Elmer Gantry or the movie about Jim Thorpe. Burt was an acrobat in the circus before acting. Oh I forgot From Here to Eternity
This is the only movie I've seen of his. He is so damned charming in this and one of these days I'll find one of his older films to check out.
All the players mentioned in the film were real, including Archibald "Moonlight" Graham. It was exactly like it was in the movie; he played in 1 game but never got to bat.
Those old men in the bar that told Terence about Doc Graham were telling stories about the real Doc Graham. They weren't actors.
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I didn’t know this but that’s exactly the vibe I got. In my head I asked if we just went from a movie with actors to real people interviewed
Also, the obituary they read was his real obit, and the woman who wrote the obit in real life starred as herself.
Most of the details about Doc Graham's life as shown in the film were pretty accurate as well. The one big thing that wasn't is the year of his one MLB inning. In real life, it was 1905, not 1922. The writers moved the date forward because the story required it to be plausible that he still be alive until they get to Minnesota and find out he's dead.
I also read someone describe something meaningful regarding the at bat, but I can't remember what it was.
I showed this to my dad decades ago, and he cried like a baby at the end. Missing his dad. I have to say I've never heard two people grapple so endlessly about this lovely movie. Just to enjoy it and feel it. Nothing sinister or complicated. Laughter, tears, life.
RIP Ray Liotta Goodfellas Legend!
An absolute legend!
@@DNReacts Except Ray Liotta looked nothing like the real shoeless joe
This movie is a tear jerker every time. Dreams came to pass for all these men at that field in Iowa. MLB built a ballfield next to this one and a Field of Dreams game was played there between the White Sox and Yankees in the old uniforms. It was introduced by Kevin Costner walking out of the corn. You can see it on TH-cam and it had an epic ending! Cheers!
His brother in law gets a bad rap. He can’t see it and he’s trying to help his sister and her family stay there.
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I think I cry every time I watch this movie. I've probably seen it 20 times.
Ending was really emotional and raw. I had chills. Appreciate the comment, thank you 🙏
The movie that is guaranteed to make grown men cry
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@@DNReacts Kevin Costner had a watching of the movie with Johnny bench,George Brett and Bret saberhagen, and they discussed it on the impact the movie had made on them being major league players
When Dennis Quaid runs on the field in The Rookie it makes me cry everytime lol
It's the moment Ray realizes that Doc can't go back that hits me every time. The minutes following are perfect.
The journalist in Minnesota did interact with Terrance, she told him he was a good writer and answered his questions as well as the town folk who knew Doc Graham. I see it as a way for him to be re-inspired to write again because he made a difference when he did.
Mark also talked to him and shook his hand.
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It also would have been really weird for Mark to just let him monologue so long, he only spoke when Terry wasn't.
Costner was actually a pretty good ball player in college, he went to Cal State Fullerton here in SoCal. He’s one of the few actors that can look good out there playing baseball on film.
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@@DNReacts I highly recommend you watch For Love of the Game and Bull Durham if you haven't already.
@@jonsoule7421 If Costner is NOT the first saint in the Church of Baseball, then I'm rioting.
He probably has at least 3 baseball movies. They are all good. I think he loves the game. I can't blame him for that
This film is baseball meets magical realism. It’s what a baseball movie written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez would look like🤣
THIS! It's one best representations of Magical Realism in American Cinema.
The movie Karen was watching was "Harvey" staring Jimmy Stewart. You need to check that out.
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There is nothing like the smell of a good leather glove, the crack of a bat hitting a ball and the smell of freshly cut grass wafting through the air on a warm summer day.
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@@DNReactsDefinitely enjoyed the video and really liking your reactions to Ted Lasso as well. Cheers!
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@@DNReacts just wondering if there is any film in British culture related to sport that British people have a special connection to?
I live about 50 miles from the field. MLB has built a stadium on the site, now too. There is one MLB game played there every year, in August. This only started 2 or 3 seasons ago. Terrance Mann was played by James Earl Jones (Darth Vader voice from Star Wars) an American Treasure among actors. Another giant among actors was Burt Lancaster (Doc Graham).
James Earl Jones starred in his own great baseball movie back in the day, "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings", which I personally think is why he may have been thought of for this role.
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If you're interested in the 1919 World Series and Shoeless Joe, You should react to the movie Eight Men out, it's an 80's movie with John Cusack and big ensemble cast about the 1919 World Series and the Black Sox Scandal. The book Eight Men Out is loaded with even more details, but the movie does a good job of covering the basic story.
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Its a father, son relationship movie wrapped in a baseball metaphor. Terrance Mann upon first meet. "Dont blame me your father never played catch with you" End of movie, Ray, " Dad , wanna have a catch?". They reality of it could be a single dream all the way to actually happening, leaning maybe more to the latter with the appearance of all the cars coming.
In the book, the field is in Iowa. The lesson is that heaven is where YOU MAKE IT.
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@@DNReacts love you guys!
Th Fields in Iowa in real life too.
@@supersasukemaniac , yep. I've been there a couple of times, and MLB stages an annual game there. It's very cool.
@@mikeg.4211well they did for two years. No word as to whether it’ll happen again in the future. They’re currently renovating the field.
I think your interpretation of the film is pretty good.
I know you guys have become very fond of baseball, but I do think there might be something lost in translation compared to if you were American men. There's something about baseball that is just so intertwined with our history that feels very personal, even for some of us who don't watch as often as we could. I'm not even a Red Sox fan, but when I visited Boston last year I absolutely had to go to a game at Fenway. I took a tour of the park a couple of hours before the game and they let us walk down onto the field, just in the backstop area, and I swear there was a magical feeling to it. Hell, it was Fenway.
Ray's issues with his dad were left vague, but there was a huge generation gap here during the '60s and there were many stories like theirs. Fathers and sons just didn't understand one another. I don't know if that era was quite the same for people there in the UK at that time or not.
This movie is one that makes grown men here in the states absolutely sob.
It's nostalgia. It's daddy issues. It's baseball.
Next you should watch Bull Durham if you haven't seen it yet. One of the great romantic comedies of the '80s set with a minor league baseball team in what was once my home town of Durham, North Carolina. Absolute classic.
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One little fun fact about the scenes they shot in Fenway Park: two of the extras (who, as far as I can tell, were never actually on camera but were in the crowd) were Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. I can't remember exactly what they said but they've talked about how, being Boston guys, they just looked for any way/excuse to get into Fenway and jumped on the chance to be extras so they could hang out in there.
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I'm an atheist, have been since my early teens in the '70s, and as such, I don't believe in any of the spirit-realm and/or Heaven bullshit... But I cry every fucking time I see this movie! ...Even an edited reaction video on TH-cam has me balling like a little girl whose pet hamster just died! lol
TBH, it might have something to do with not really getting to know my dad as well as I should have, before he passed. We were always supposed to go fishing, just me and him... we never got around to it.
Yeah, I'm also an atheist and I love this movie. I can relate to "we never got around to it" with my Dad, and with my adult son, which reminds me of The Cat's in the Cradle song. Like this movie, it gets me every time.
@@Vlasko60 yep, me too! 😂
This movie reminded me of my father who played semi-pro basketball in the Midwest. He got invited to a tryout for the Cardinals. The day of the tryout it rained, and it was canceled. That was his one shot. Years later he taught his sons how to pitch.
You guys should watch the highlights from when the Yankees and white sox played at the field of dreams field
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@DNReacts I'd say to watch the full game instead of highlights, it's such a great game. Highlights might not do it justice... just don't look at the final score on it... let someone else look it up for you guys lol
@@bigernmacrackin6176 that too!
You guys laughed a lot. It's not a comedy. For laughs though, check out Major League 1 and 2.
@@DNReactsNext: "A League Of Thier Own" Starring Thomas (Tom)Hanks Singer,Dancer Madonna (Mae #5) in her 2nd movie role "Desperately Seeking Susan" was the other in 1986.Actress Geena Davis (Dottie) FACT:Geena Davis tried out for The USA Archery Team for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City,Utah.She just missed qualifying for the team by a few points.She was really,really,good at Archery.It wasn't a celebrity publicly stunt,or a role for an upcoming movie.She made it through the preliminary rounds.Lori Petty (no relation to music rocker Tom) is really the better athlete in real life she's the faster runner.The game's last action scene that Lori,not a body double. ⚾
If Terrence was dead they wouldn't be talking about him writing again. The only ghosts were the ballplayers.
The movie Karin was watching near the beginning was "Harvey" starring James Stewart. That would be a great one to watch.
The beauty of Kevin Costner is he played ball in college and has a beautiful swing. He looks like a slugger who hits for batting average and would be a career .300 hitter.
That’s so cool! Thank you for the info!
Field of Dreams was all about second chances. Everyone got their chance to do something again that they regretted once in their life, including Ray playing catch with his father. Shoeless Joe Jackson got to play again. Terrance Mann got to find peace and write again (yes he was probably already dead the whole time - lol). Moonlight Graham got to bat and wink at a major league pitcher. My favorite all time movie. I cry at the end every single time!
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I visited the Field of Dreams as a kid many times. Even as a fueld trip in school lol I found a baseball in the cornfield and "knew" it was from the movie. Obviously there are plenty of balls out there from all the games actually played there but it was so cool having that memory.
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I had to laugh when you saw he left the bats and balls out, that you hope there's no youths around to mess with them. I grew up about 45 minutes from this location and not only would that just never happen, you literally knew every person who lived within 20 square miles and everybody always looked out for everybody. I still appreciate the absolutely true aspect of what is known as "Iowa nice," except when you are at a stop sign and the person with the right-of-way waits for you instead of just getting out of the way.
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@@DNReacts Oh, yes, DM - You have often entertained me. I have lived all over America (I'm 59) and I moved back to Iowa City in 2008. We just completed our epic era of Caitlin Clark here in Iowa and tomorrow she is most likely going to be drafted by the Indiana Fever. I got to watch her live a few times as a freshman and sophomore. I maybe should have gone to see her these last two years, but I'm not into the crowd scene and you get a better view of games with other Hawkeye fans at our beautiful smallish downtown restaurant and bar area. A piece of info I am sure you are not aware of is that this locale is also known as "Wrestle-town USA." The UI men's wrestling team has been a national powerhouse for 40+ years and just this last year, the state sanctioned women's wrestling for high school and the UI had their first women's team competing nationally. Those women went undefeated and won the national championship in their first year!
Field of Dreams is a wonderful, whimsical fantasy movie. My interpretation is that everything was real and Terrance Mann is alive in the movie. The Field of Dreams movie site is in Dyersville, Iowa. They hold youth travel baseball tournaments there. It is also a tourist destination with a couple baseball museums in town. One about the movie and one owned by Dwier Brown, the actor who played John Kinsella, Ray's dad. So people are actually coming there for real. They also are building a major league stadium next door to hold MLB games. I traveled there from Michigan with my family for our son's travel baseball tournament last year. We rented the movie site for a team practice and it was magical. The players played catch with their parents and they even had a Ghost player come out. The house can be rented out too. It was so fun that we are going again this season.
Walking on that field, the grass feels like clouds under your feet.
Having grown up in a baseball family this is the ultimate childhood fantasy - being able to play catch with your father when you were about same age. No man can get through that ending - "Hey Dad, want to have a catch?" - without that strong, heartfelt emotion. Maybe this is heaven.
James Earl Jones (also known for being the voice of Darth Vader) plays Terrence Mann in this movie. He also starred in The Sandlot as he was the owner of The Beast.....
OMG how did we miss that he was in Sandlot! That is unbelievable!! Thank you so much for posting this, I feel silly now 😂
Here’s another word for you; “Phantasmagorical”. - “They are a reality, whereas the guerrillas are only a dream”. -The Cambridge English Corpus. This is a classic. Makes grown men cry.
My personal favorite baseball movie, and probably my favorite sports movie. Such an iconic film with a beautiful message!
It’s a great movie!
@@DNReactsBull Durham is another great baseball film.
This movie still brings tears to my eyes. A true classic. Glad you gents got to see it.
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Kind of a quintessential American movie--and yes about 99% of boys learn how to catch first by catching with their Dad. I did. I remember how much it hurt until I learned to catch in mostly in the webbing (and slide my index finger to the outside finger holes of the glove). He was a pitcher when he was young--and I became one, too.
My dad taught me how to catch, but he wasn't that athletic, so I quickly surpassed him in ability. But he was always up for going to a game, professional or semi-pro!
*based on a Canadian story.
@@alittlebitgone Canadian author, but the book is set in Iowa 🙂. But I like that sports are one of the things we share, Gridiron Football, even if the rules are a bit different and we both call it Soccer. Hockey, Baseball, Basketball ( developed by a Canadian living in Massachusetts), Lacrosse. Toronto even had a baseball team in the International League all the way back in the late 19th century.
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My parents were in their 30s when they had my brother and I, they’d originally planned on 3-6 kids, but chose to stop at 2 because my dad worried he’d be “too old to play catch” with kid #3. He never played catch with my brother or I, either, too much of a workaholic. This movie still gets to me, though, because of the missed opportunities for quintessential bonding. Plus it’s just a good movie. (Side note I think they stopped at 2 because I had a few health issues and my brother was autistic so we were a handful as it was- but we both wanted another sibling thinking we’d have a buddy when mom’s focus had to be more on one or the other of us so we got the playing catch line tossed at us a lot as to why we didn’t have another sibling).
Fun fact: this movie was even more popular in Japan.not only is Japan just as baseball crazy as america, even have their own 12 team Professional baseball league (Go Hanshin Tigers), if not even more so. Japan is also all about family and ancestry, so the story of aman reconciling with his father really resonated with the Japanese moviegoers.
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They built a stadium about 100 yards away from the Field of Dreams they used in the movie and played an MLB game in Aug 2021. It was a really cool moment.. Same teams played a game in Iowa and they entered the field through the cornfield from center field like they did in the movie. Pretty cool moment in history. Kevin Costner also played in another movie called, "Bull Durham" as a catcher which got really good reviews and was nominated for an Oscar for best original screen play. Funny enough he plays a pitcher in For Love of the Game.
"Bull Durham" is another must-watch baseball movie that should be on your list, as is "The Natural." Since y'all have started watching "Ted Lasso" I think you should also check out "Major League" as there is a lot of overlap with the plot of Lasso S1. @DNReacts 👀
The game they played in 2021 (?) between the White Sox and the Yankees at this field in Iowa had one of the BEST endings of any game-Hollywood couldn’t write the ending they had to that game. It is available for viewing on TH-cam, and worth a look. Look up “White Sox Field of Dreams” game.
Cubs vs Reds also played there in 2022
So glad you all finally reacted to this movie. I'll be 41 this year and played little league baseball for about 10 years when I was kid, back in the late 80s and 90s, and remember vividly all the days I spent with my dad playing catch in the front yard trying to get better. I still cry every time he asks his dad to have a catch at the end. That part hits home so well for me. Great reaction!
The English girl I was with for awhile loved baseball. She said that 'rounders' was still played by girls in the UK, and she understood most of the basic rules the first time I took her to an Atlanta Braves game.
That’s pretty cool, rounders isn’t just played by girls. It’s still played in schools. I remember playing when I was younger!
Good poll winner, one of the classic American sports movies of all time
It was so good!
*from a Canadian story.
"Field of Dreams" is the best example I know of magical realism, in which magical elements exist in a story set in the real world.
Terence Mann was based on the writer J.D. Salinger, whose books include "Catcher in the Rye" and "Franny and Zooey." At some point he gave up writing and withdrew from public life, just like Mann. When Salinger threatened to sue when he learned they were planning to make him a character in the film, so they changed the character enough to avoid a lawsuit.
I don't think Terence Mann was dead, or that he died in the end. He was going to see what was on the other side, and then come back and write about it. That may seem impossible, but so many things happen in this movie that are impossible. What's one more?
If you want to react to another baseball movie, I recommend "Bull Durham." It also stars Kevin Costner, along with Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon. "A League of Their Own" is also very good. There's a movie called "Eight Men Out" about the Black Sox scandal, but I don't think it's as good as the others I've recommended.
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The team you recognized as the Oakland Athletics were actually the Philadelphia Athletics at the time Shoeless Joe played. They later moved to Kansas City and finally to Oakland. Of course, they're now going to move to Las Vegas.
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The most interesting part of this movie is that the field they used as the set for filming was left as a baseball field, and it operates as a tourist attraction for sightseeing around Iowa City still to this day. You can visit it.
I would love to visit!!
It also hosts Little League.
They've been having 1 MLB game a year there since 2021, but right now they are expanding it, so the yearly game has temporarily been moved to Alabama until construction is complete.
Some of the best baseball films:
"Angel's in the Outfueld"( 1951 and the remake in 1994), "Major League"(1989), "Bull Durham " (1988), "A League of their Own,"(1992), "Eight Men Out," (1988),"The Natural1984), "42"(2013),"Pride of the Yankees," (1942) "61*"(2001).
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If you want to get a comical glimpse at what those baseball players go thru to to get to the majors, Bull Durham is a Must see! Once you start watching you will get it...
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It all happened. It was magical. Terrence Mann was alive (and made the national news apparently) until he walked into the corn, and then who knows, there's no telling the future.
One of the movies I can't watch while drunk. The "Hey, Dad?" breaks me every time.
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Sometimes you just have to ride the rollercoaster and not worry about how it's built! Great movie. Fun reaction.
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Great reaction..
Lololol..
" My bag has more fries in it"....
I LOVE IT...!!!
A lot of Americans have nothing really in common with each other, but can always bond over baseball. That’s kind of why this movie is so important to people. Other baseball movie recommendations: Bull Durham (Kevin Costner as a veteran catcher stuck in the minor leagues helps a young pitching prospect who has a great fastball but is childish and immature), Mr. Baseball (Tom Selleck is a struggling veteran in the MLB who nobody wants anymore, so he decides to play in Japan), A League of Their Own (a story about how when all of the men fought in WWII, a professional women’s baseball league was formed).
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I remember the first baseball game ,I went to in Houston Texas, when I was a little girl.I still think about it today. my brother was on a little league baseball team as a boy.we also played softball in school! you all to see when they played like that today on tv,and players come walking out of the corn field. you get a chill watching that today on tv!
@@DNReacts He left out The Natural. Another novel adapted into a fantastic period piece starring Robert Redford and Glenne Close' You guys should react to more movies . 👍👍
Well said.
I cry my eyes out every time he plays catch with his Dad. I wish there really was a Field of Dreams and I could play with my Dad.
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The Field of Dreams is still in Dyersville in Eastern Iowa where it was filmed. I grew up a few miles away. Lots of people still visit and “have a catch” there.
A baseball movie you have yet to watch that is fantastic is called 'The Natural' with Robert Redford.
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Robert Redford's "The Natural" is one of my favorite movies. Great one to watch!
When ever I watch this movie, two minutes into it there are tears in my eyes. And it has one of the most beautiful music sound tracks ever. Don't try to analyze it, just love it.
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Hello DN
This movie in based on a real-life story. An Iowa farmer ACTUALLY build a baseball field on his land. Whether everything happened as in this film, it is hard to know for sure since we were not there at the time.
They did make enough money to save the farm. They were at risk again to lose it because of Covid or farming shortages (I forget), but as far as I know, they still own it to this farm.
So now analyze from the perspective of a real story / event. Somehow, maybe as Terence Mann said, it gave people a positive sense of nostalgia and inner understanding of what is truly important and to follow a dream ("Go the Distance") no matter how crazy / hard it is or may seem.
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A few years ago, they played a real life MLB game at that field. It was glorious. It might be heaven…
The Field of Dreams is a real place.
You can go there.
BTW, based on a book called Shoeless Joe.
A childhood classic for boys of my generation.
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Terrence Mann was not dead. He ordered two hot dogs and the attendants took his order. The people he interviewed about the doc to include the secretary told him he was a good writer. Also the brother shook his hand and he introduced himself as the Easter Bunny to Terrence. You are overthinking it. The movie is about unresolved issues and dreams. This wasn’t all in his head, because his family saw the ghosts. His daughter saw shoeless Joe first when she said there’s a man on the lawn.
Yeah, we were overthinking it massively 😂
"Field of Dreams": "Shoeless Joe" Jackson: "Is this Heaven?" Ray Kinsella: "Yes, it's Iowa."
Major League Baseball now holds a “Field of Dreams” game each year. This years game will be June 20th with the Giants facing the Cardinals at Rickwood Field. The oldest professional ballpark in the US. They do a great job with these games. Pretty magical.❤
If you know about Ty Cobb's reputation as....well.....not a nice person, you'll appreciate when Shoeless Joe is telling Ray about all the players who wanted to come play on Ray's field and he says "Ty Cobb wanted to play, but none of us could stand the son-of-a-bitch when we were alive, so we told him to stick it!"
Cobb was one of the greatest hitters ever. His lifetime .367 average is still a record nearly 100 years after his retirement, and he was baseball's all time hits leader for 57 years until Pete Rose (ironically, another rule breaker, like Shoeless Joe) broke his record in 1985.
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@@DNReacts Cobb was famously asked by a reporter in 1960 what he thought his batting average would be if he played in today's game. Cobb replied "About .300." The reporter seemed puzzled and asked "Why so low (Cobb was a career .367 hitter)?" Cobb replied "Well, I am 73 years old."
When I was little I saw an old ball player who's leg was scared by Ty Cobb sliding into second with spikes up.
Yes, the little girl was eating a hot dog earlier in the scene. "Doc" Graham was played by Burt Lancaster, in his final film appearance. And of course James Earl Jones, Terrance Mann, was the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies. He also had a part in another baseball movie called "The Sandlot", which is mostly about some kids, it's good. The farm where the movie was filmed has been preserved, plus another, more permanent, baseball field was installed by Major League Baseball across the way, and every year for the last three or four years two MLB teams play a regular season game at the field. Special uniforms, and a corn crop in the outfield. The teams change, but the field remains the same.
I’m glad I saw this movie as a kid back in the 90’s-it was magical-and I watched it then with my dad. It hits different now. Our adult brains often forget what it’s like to have that childlike innocence. Little Karen had no trouble believing. Even Annie had no trouble believing because she trusted her husband. Everything that happened was real.
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Terrence Mann wasn't dead. He chatted with the people in Minnesota--remember he told the old woman that she was a good writer and she said, "So are you." Back when this came out, people didn't go crazy over theories, we just took stories as they were presented to us. I don't think the author or the filmmakers ever intended for it to make logical sense. And if dead people can come back into the world of the living, there's no reason why a living person couldn't visit the world of the dead.
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@@DNReacts Great reaction! I need to check out your other videos.
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To show the impact this movie has had. That field is still there and Major League Baseball will occasionally play a game there. The last one was in 2022. I read some place that Ray Liotta never watched this movie.
“Ease his pain”
Me: ? …..I guess I’ll get some icepacks ?
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So cool to see you guys getting into baseball. As a Giants fan, I can definitely sympathize with you this season.
We absolutely love baseball!
@@DNReacts The way you two have picked up on American sports in a short time has been impressive, especially baseball, it has a lot of things to learn.
@michaelsmith-iu1be thank you so much! It’s been a pleasure 😀
My thinking was that the field was heaven for the players. Kostner was the vehicle used to make the field come into being for them, including his own father.
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@13:18 re: the smell of a baseball. When I was a kid, I wasn't paying attention and someone threw a ball and hit me right in the eye. Gave me a black eye and a concussion. Now, whenever I get a concussion, I smell baseball leather.
Quality editing, guys. Keep up the good work!
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Loved this movie as a kid, and even got to visit the actual place in Iowa back around 1991 which was amazing and it still exists today. The ending still to this day brings tears of happiness to my eyes.
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Playing catch with your dad is something kids remember their entire lives. Baseball is special in this country, it reaches far beyond the idea of a sport and is deeply ingrained in our culture.
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@@DNReacts Absolutely, watch all of yalls videos. Found you folks as one of your vids was shared on a Sports message board. It helps me see my sport through a different lens.
@rick5440 Thanks awesome, love that you’re enjoying the videos. Which sports board was that if you remember?
@@DNReacts Tigerdroppings. An LSU message board. One of the bigger ones in college sports. I live in Alaska, but LSU is my team as thats where I am from.
When you said to call the Ghostbusters 🤣🤣🤣
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Moonlight Graham is played by the great Burt Lancaster. What a movie. Thanks.
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Forget when but they put seats up there on the green monster at Fenway maybe in the 2000’s. If you ever get the chance stay a hotel by Fenway on a homestand to get that baseball park smell they were talking about at the beginning of the movie and get tickets on the green monster for a summer night baseball game. Best baseball viewing experience I’ve ever had. 28:06
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I love how they made the old school uniforms for the players. Shoeless Joe is actually wearing the 1919 White Sox Jersey.
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Probably stating the obvious but just in case, James Earl Jones was also the dogs owner in The Sandlot and 16:04 he was Babe Ruth in Benny the jets dream in the sandlot
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@@DNReacts crazy that the two baseball movies yall watched had both of them and they werent even the main characters. Really need to react to The Rookie with Dennis Quaid is yall haven't already
Rudy, We Are Marshall and Remember the Titans (all are about American Football, all with some basis in reality. ) A lovely little film no one has seen is Win Win which is about high school wrestling starring Paul Giamatti. All of these are great.
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This movie gets me every time. It’s a movie that should remind you to cherish every day you have with the people you love. No theories needed. It’s a movie that defies logic. The soundtrack alone sounds very dreamlike.
even after all these years everybody has a diff idea of what really happened. I did a deep dive into it years ago and every answer I found created another question. The only answer I have is that I will always love this movie.
I got a chance to go to Iowa and see the field last year. It was amazing! I saw a father and son in the middle of the field playing catch and I literally could not hold back the tears.
Terrance was alive, he did those interviews at the bar asking about Grahm. Even his dad listed him as missing in the papers. He died when he walked thru the cornfield, but he'll be back just like the ballplayers
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While this is quintessentially an American movie it’s also a very human story. I’m British. I cry every time I watch it. Give in to the fantasy guys. You’ll get far more out of it when you’re not analysing it to death.
We weren’t to know that until after the fact, we like to analyse movies and didn’t realise that this one didn’t need any analysis. Next time I watch it, I’m sure it will hit me a lot more emotionally
I live about an hour from the site where they filmed this movie in Dyersville, Iowa. It really is just a baseball field in the middle of a cornfield. It's very cathartic to go there. I try to visit at least once every summer. They also have a "ghost players" show for kids/families, a live camera feed on their website where you can see the field 24/7, and recently they've also played a couple of actual MLB games there.
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When watching this film, you have to suspend reality at times. All the characters had their emotional wounds healed one way or the other.
You need to watch "For the Love of the Game"...baseball movie with Kevin Costner....Costner was in 3 baseball movies...this one, For the Love of the Game, and Bull Durham...great actor
Yeah, For Love of the Game is a great film. I’d even throw in Tin Cup, which is a golf movie, but any Kevin Costner sports movie is usually great.
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Thanks for doing this movie. The scene where Ray says. “It’s Iowa”. The background with the sky being golden, reminds me of an orthodox icon, which further drives home how baseball is the cultural glue that has kept the USA together.