| Edition |
Blu-ray format. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, 1080p high-definition widescreen (1.85:1); DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (special features in Dolby digital 2.0). |
| Note |
This Blu-ray disc requires a Blu-ray player; it will not pay in standard DVD players. BD-Live features require a BD-Live enabled player, a working Broadband Internet connection and local storage (memory card, internal hard drive or other storage device) with sufficient capacity and free space. |
| Cast |
Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Timothy Busfield, Dwier Brown, Frank Whaley, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster, Gaby Hoffman. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, John Lindley ; editor, Ian Crafford ; music composed by James Horner. |
| Note |
Blu-ray release of the 1989 motion picture. |
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Based on the book Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella. |
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Additional features: Deleted scenes with introductions by Phil Alden Robinson ; From father to son: passing along the pastime ; Round table with Kevin Costner, George Brett and Johnny Bench ; The diamond in the husks ; Galena, IL pinch hits for Chisholm, MN ; Field of Dreams: a scrapbook ; Bravo special: from page to screen ; Feature commentary with director Phil Alden Robinson and director of photography John Lindley. |
| Summary |
A phenomenal hit when it was released in 1989, Field of Dreams has become a modern classic and a uniquely American slice of cinema. It functions effectively as a moving drama about the power of dreams, a fantasy ode to our national pastime, and a brilliant adaptation of W.P. Kinsella's exquisite baseball novel Shoeless Joe. Kinsella himself found the film a delightful surprise, differing greatly from his novel but benefiting from its own creative variations. It is the film that cemented Kevin Costner's status as an all-American screen star, but the story resonates far beyond Costner's handsome appeal. As just about everyone knows by now, Costner stars as Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella, who hears the mysterious words "If you build it, he will come," and is compelled to build a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. His wife (Amy Madigan) supports the wild idea, but a reclusive novelist (modeled after J.D. Salinger and played by James Earl Jones) is not so easily persuaded. The idealistic farmer is either a visionary or a deluded fool, but his persistence is rewarded when spirits from baseball's past begin appearing on the ball field. Past and present intermingle in the person of "Moonlight Graham" (superbly played by Burt Lancaster), an unknown player who sacrificed his dreams of baseball glory for a dignified life as a small-town physician ... but what all of this means is unclear until the film's memorably heartfelt conclusion. A meditation on family, memory, and faith, the film balances humor and magic to strike just the right chord of thoughtful emotion, affecting audiences so deeply that the baseball field created for the production has now become a mecca of sorts for dreamers around the world. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Language |
English with optional French, or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Kinsella, W. P. -- Film adaptations.
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Jackson, Joe, 1888-1951 -- Drama.
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Baseball -- Drama.
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Baseball players -- Drama.
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Farmers -- Drama.
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Fathers and sons -- Drama.
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Iowa -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Sports films.
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Baseball films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Gordon, Lawrence, 1936- Producer.
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Gordon, Charles. Producer.
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Robinson, Phil Alden. Director. Screenwriter.
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Costner, Kevin. Actor.
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Madigan, Amy. Actor.
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Jones, James Earl. Actor.
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Liotta, Ray. Actor.
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Busfield, Timothy. Actor.
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Brown, Dwier. Actor.
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Whaley, Frank, 1963- Actor.
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Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994. Actor.
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Hoffmann, Gaby, 1982- Actor.
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Lindley, John. Cinematographer.
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Crafford, Ian. Film editor.
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Horner, James. Composer.
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Kinsella, W. P.
Shoeless Joe.
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Mark Gordon Company.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
025192027543 |
| Music No. |
61109909 Universal Studios |
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