An inspired Iowa farmer (Kevin Costner) builds a baseball field, then sees Shoeless Joe Jackson's ghost and... (Learn more)
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Starring: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann
"If you build it, he will come." That's the ethereal message that inspires Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) to construct a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. At first, "he" seems to be the ghost of disgraced ballplayer Shoeless Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta), who materializes on the ballfield and plays a few games with the awestruck Ray. But as the weeks go by, Ray receives several other messages from a disembodied voice, one of which is "Ease his pain." He realizes that his ballfield has been divinely ordained to give a second chance to people who have sacrificed certain valuable aspects of their lives. One of these folks is Salingeresque writer Terence Mann (James Earl Jones), whom Ray kidnaps and takes to a ball game and then to his farm. Another is Doc Graham (Burt Lancaster), a beloved general practitioner who gave up a burgeoning baseball career in favor of medicine. The final "second-chancer" turns out to be much closer to Ray. That "magical" field in Dyersville, Iowa still draws thousands of baseball-happy tourists each year. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
4/21/89
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
107 mins.
Locations
- Dyersville, IA
- Iowa cornfield
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$61,750,835
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Score award at the 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1989 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1989 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
Distributor
- Universal
- Universal Pictures
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
