Phil Alden Robinson's "Field of Dreams" was the sleeper hit of spring 1989. Based on W.P. Kinsella's wistful novel "Shoeless Joe," the film connected with audiences of all ages, but Baby Boomers in particular. Kevin Costner's Ray Kinsella, like many former hippies, became estranged from his parents during the late 1960s. All Ray had was his dad, and all they had in common was baseball, but even that became a contentious issue. A young and fiery Ray finally hit his breaking point, said something awful to his dad, and never saw him again.
That awful utterance and subsequent shunning gets rectified in the waning moments of "Field of Dreams," and if you saw the film during its initial theatrical release, you beheld the heartening spectacle of mainstream moviegoers, especially men, hanging out through the credits longer than usual. Robinson had crafted the most pulverizing male weepie since Buzz Kulik's "Brian's Song,...
That awful utterance and subsequent shunning gets rectified in the waning moments of "Field of Dreams," and if you saw the film during its initial theatrical release, you beheld the heartening spectacle of mainstream moviegoers, especially men, hanging out through the credits longer than usual. Robinson had crafted the most pulverizing male weepie since Buzz Kulik's "Brian's Song,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
If Peacock had built it, look who would have come!
A year and a half after the streaming outlet pulled the plug on his Field of Dreams adaptation, executive producer Mike Schur has revealed the ill-fated limited series’ all-star lineup — an A-list roster that would’ve brought together veterans of Schur comedies Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place and Parks and Recreation, all under one clubhouse.
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A year and a half after the streaming outlet pulled the plug on his Field of Dreams adaptation, executive producer Mike Schur has revealed the ill-fated limited series’ all-star lineup — an A-list roster that would’ve brought together veterans of Schur comedies Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place and Parks and Recreation, all under one clubhouse.
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- 10/18/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Kevin Costner has starred in several films about baseball, and they're all remarkably different. Both "Bull Durham" and "For Love of the Game" combine romance with America's National Pastime, yet the former is a funny, flirtatious romp that parallels the mechanics of the sport with the rituals of human courtship. The latter, on the other hand, is an elegiac melodrama about the things we prioritize in life and just how hard it is to bid farewell to the life you used to have upon reaching a crossroads.
Phil Alden Robinson's classic "Field of Dreams" exists somewhere at the nexus of those two films, merging a baseball fable with a poignant story about regret but with a fantasy twist. The film, which adapts W. P. Kinsella's 1982 book "Shoeless Joe," casts Costner as Ray Kinsella, an everyman who, like other Boomers, was once a child of '60s counter-culturalism. He's...
Phil Alden Robinson's classic "Field of Dreams" exists somewhere at the nexus of those two films, merging a baseball fable with a poignant story about regret but with a fantasy twist. The film, which adapts W. P. Kinsella's 1982 book "Shoeless Joe," casts Costner as Ray Kinsella, an everyman who, like other Boomers, was once a child of '60s counter-culturalism. He's...
- 7/29/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
There’s nothing as tempting as IP: Just ask the studio streaming titans of today, who are diving deep into their film catalogs to reboot and reimagine hit films from decades past.
Just one summer since slasher “I Know What You Did Last Summer” found new life as an Amazon Prime Video series, and it seems that all our favorite “old” movies are finding new life on streamers and networks alike.
CBS announced shortly after canning a slew of shows that a reboot of the 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis film “True Lies” will head to the network soon.
NBCUniversal also recently announced on May 12 a “re-framing” of Ben Stiller’s beloved 1994 burnout dramedy “Reality Bites,” which originally starred Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke. The series is set to debut on Peacock, along with a bevy of other Universal titles being transformed for the small screen.
And that’s...
Just one summer since slasher “I Know What You Did Last Summer” found new life as an Amazon Prime Video series, and it seems that all our favorite “old” movies are finding new life on streamers and networks alike.
CBS announced shortly after canning a slew of shows that a reboot of the 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis film “True Lies” will head to the network soon.
NBCUniversal also recently announced on May 12 a “re-framing” of Ben Stiller’s beloved 1994 burnout dramedy “Reality Bites,” which originally starred Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke. The series is set to debut on Peacock, along with a bevy of other Universal titles being transformed for the small screen.
And that’s...
- 10/26/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Not all dreams are meant to come true.
Peacock’s straight-to-series order of “Field of Dreams” is no longer moving forward.
The 1989 baseball classic starring Kevin Costner was being adapted for the small and streaming screen by writer and executive producer Michael Schur. TheWrap has learned Universal Television is now talking to other interested buyers.
Schur’s “Field of Dreams” series was planned as a loose retelling of the feature film, which starred Costner as Ray Kinsella, a farmer in Iowa who, encouraged by an unknown, ethereal voice, builds a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield.
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What starts as a novel human interest story expands to a fantastical, spiritual one as the cornfield diamond begins attracting the ghosts of baseball’s past greats for a few more final innings, including the legendary “Shoeless” Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta...
Peacock’s straight-to-series order of “Field of Dreams” is no longer moving forward.
The 1989 baseball classic starring Kevin Costner was being adapted for the small and streaming screen by writer and executive producer Michael Schur. TheWrap has learned Universal Television is now talking to other interested buyers.
Schur’s “Field of Dreams” series was planned as a loose retelling of the feature film, which starred Costner as Ray Kinsella, a farmer in Iowa who, encouraged by an unknown, ethereal voice, builds a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield.
Also Read:
‘Magnum P.I.’ Picked Up by NBC After CBS Cancellation
What starts as a novel human interest story expands to a fantastical, spiritual one as the cornfield diamond begins attracting the ghosts of baseball’s past greats for a few more final innings, including the legendary “Shoeless” Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta...
- 7/1/2022
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Field of Dreams has struck out at Peacock.
The NBCUniversal streamer has abruptly dropped its series reboot of the classic Kevin Costner baseball movie, Deadline has confirmed.
The project, which comes from The Good Place creator Michael Schur, the film’s producer Lawrence Gordon and Universal TV, had been handed a straight-to-series order in August 2021.
Universal TV is now shopping the series to other broadcasters and platforms. It’s believed that the show has been casting and is a month out from production with seven hour-long scripts ready to go. As recently announced, filming was slated to take place throughout Iowa, which is supporting the series financially, as well as Boston, Minneapolis and Los Angeles.
Written by Schur, the series was set to reimagine the mixture of family, baseball, Iowa and magic that made the movie so enduring and beloved.
The pickup came amid a surge in popularity for the...
The NBCUniversal streamer has abruptly dropped its series reboot of the classic Kevin Costner baseball movie, Deadline has confirmed.
The project, which comes from The Good Place creator Michael Schur, the film’s producer Lawrence Gordon and Universal TV, had been handed a straight-to-series order in August 2021.
Universal TV is now shopping the series to other broadcasters and platforms. It’s believed that the show has been casting and is a month out from production with seven hour-long scripts ready to go. As recently announced, filming was slated to take place throughout Iowa, which is supporting the series financially, as well as Boston, Minneapolis and Los Angeles.
Written by Schur, the series was set to reimagine the mixture of family, baseball, Iowa and magic that made the movie so enduring and beloved.
The pickup came amid a surge in popularity for the...
- 7/1/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Mike Schur‘s small-screen Field of Dreams adaptation has struck out at Peacock.
Ordered straight-to series back in August, the series is no longer moving forward at the two-year-old streamer, our sister site Variety reports. Producer Universal Television is said to now be shopping the project elsewhere.
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Schur, the creator of...
Ordered straight-to series back in August, the series is no longer moving forward at the two-year-old streamer, our sister site Variety reports. Producer Universal Television is said to now be shopping the project elsewhere.
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Schur, the creator of...
- 7/1/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
The “Field of Dreams” TV adaptation is no longer happening at Peacock, Variety has learned exclusively. Universal Television is currently shopping the project to other outlets.
The show adaptation of the 1989 movie was ordered straight-to-series at Peacock in August 2021. Michael Schur was set as writer and executive producer under Fremulon, with Lawrence Gordon of The Gordon Company also executive producing with David Miner of 3 Arts and Morgan Sackett. The Gordon Company produced the original film, which starred Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Amy Madigan and the late Ray Liotta.
The show was set as a reimagining of the movie, which saw an Iowa farmer (Costner) build a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield after being prompted by a mysterious, otherworldly voice. The field eventually draws in ghosts of legendary baseball players like “Shoeless” Joe Jackson (Liotta).
The film was based on W. P. Kinsella’s 1982 novel “Shoeless Joe.
The show adaptation of the 1989 movie was ordered straight-to-series at Peacock in August 2021. Michael Schur was set as writer and executive producer under Fremulon, with Lawrence Gordon of The Gordon Company also executive producing with David Miner of 3 Arts and Morgan Sackett. The Gordon Company produced the original film, which starred Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Amy Madigan and the late Ray Liotta.
The show was set as a reimagining of the movie, which saw an Iowa farmer (Costner) build a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield after being prompted by a mysterious, otherworldly voice. The field eventually draws in ghosts of legendary baseball players like “Shoeless” Joe Jackson (Liotta).
The film was based on W. P. Kinsella’s 1982 novel “Shoeless Joe.
- 7/1/2022
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
If Mike Schur builds it, Peacock will come.
The Parks and Recreation and Good Place creator is behind a small-screen adaptation of Field of Dreams, which was ordered straight to series at the streamer on Monday.
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Schur will write and executive-produce the project, which plans to “reimagine the mixture of family, baseball, Iowa and magic that makes the movie so enduring and beloved,...
The Parks and Recreation and Good Place creator is behind a small-screen adaptation of Field of Dreams, which was ordered straight to series at the streamer on Monday.
More from TVLineRatings: Fox's 'Field of Dreams' Coverage Delivers a 16-Year MLB HighMacGruber Villain Recast: Billy Zane In, Mickey Rourke Out in Peacock SeriesHart to Heart: Peacock's Kevin Hart Talk Show Recruits Nick Cannon, Bryan Cranston and John Travolta as Guests
Schur will write and executive-produce the project, which plans to “reimagine the mixture of family, baseball, Iowa and magic that makes the movie so enduring and beloved,...
- 8/16/2021
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
Major League Baseball said Thursday that the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox will play a regular-season game next season at the site of the baseball field in Dyersville, Iowa, made famous in the 1989 movie Field of Dreams.
The league begins construction next week on a temporary 8,000-seat stadium on the site, which has been a tourist attraction from the moment Ray Liotta’s “Shoeless” Joe Jackson asked Kevin Costner’s Ray Kinsella in the movie if the baseball field he built in a cornfield was heaven. “No,” Kinsella tells him, “it’s Iowa.”
The film, based on a W.P. Kinsella novel, centers on Costner’s Ray, a struggling transplanted farmer in modern-day Iowa who heeds a voice in his head to plow under his corn crop to build a baseball field. It later is visited by the scandal-ridden 1919 White Sox — part of a larger theme in which Ray...
The league begins construction next week on a temporary 8,000-seat stadium on the site, which has been a tourist attraction from the moment Ray Liotta’s “Shoeless” Joe Jackson asked Kevin Costner’s Ray Kinsella in the movie if the baseball field he built in a cornfield was heaven. “No,” Kinsella tells him, “it’s Iowa.”
The film, based on a W.P. Kinsella novel, centers on Costner’s Ray, a struggling transplanted farmer in modern-day Iowa who heeds a voice in his head to plow under his corn crop to build a baseball field. It later is visited by the scandal-ridden 1919 White Sox — part of a larger theme in which Ray...
- 8/8/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
With baseball season in full swing, it’s time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Field of Dreams.” The movie, written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson, was part of a run of late-’80s baseball films: “Bull Durham” and “Eight Men Out” opened in 1988, and “Major League” and “Field of Dreams” the next year. Universal had big hopes for “Field,” despite conventional wisdom.
On June 8, 1988, Variety’s Richard Gold declared that there was “a prevalent industry perception that baseball pics are commercial strikeouts,” and even if they perform well domestically, “America’s pastime is mystifying to foreigners.” Also, this was Kevin Costner’s second baseball movie in 12 months, after “Durham.” And it wasn’t a fun film: Variety’s April 19, 1989, review said the lead characters “are all haunted by regrets over failed relationships, life-shattering mistakes and missed opportunities.” Viewers could relate: The movie earned $84 million globally, giving Costner his second home run.
On June 8, 1988, Variety’s Richard Gold declared that there was “a prevalent industry perception that baseball pics are commercial strikeouts,” and even if they perform well domestically, “America’s pastime is mystifying to foreigners.” Also, this was Kevin Costner’s second baseball movie in 12 months, after “Durham.” And it wasn’t a fun film: Variety’s April 19, 1989, review said the lead characters “are all haunted by regrets over failed relationships, life-shattering mistakes and missed opportunities.” Viewers could relate: The movie earned $84 million globally, giving Costner his second home run.
- 5/17/2019
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Hollywood may be known for its storytellers, but the greatest of them never wrote a script, cast an actor or called “action!” to put his tales on the big or small screen. That’s because Vin Scully only needed a microphone to tell his stories. In a sport, baseball, that produced many of sport’s best chroniclers – Roger Angell in the New Yorker, Doris Kearns Goodwin in memoir, Ken Burns in documentaries, Harry Caray in the broadcast booth, W.P. Kinsella and Philip Roth in novels – Scully, who will retire at the end of the season after an astounding 67 years as.
- 9/19/2016
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Canadian writer W.P. Kinsella, whose 1982 novel “Shoeless Joe” was the basis for the beloved Kevin Costner movie “Field of Dreams,” has died at age 81. The news was posted on Kinsella’s official website, but there were no details of when or how he died. During his lifetime, he published nearly 30 books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry — but he is best known for his writing about baseball. Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2016 (Photos) In addition to “Shoeless Joe,” he wrote “The Iowa Baseball Conspiracy” (1986), “Magic Time” (1988) and “Butterfly Winter” (2011). He won wide acclaim for “Shoeless Joe” —...
- 9/17/2016
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
William Patrick Kinsella, the Canadian author whose magical realist novel Shoeless Joe served as the inspiration for Kevin Costner’s 1989 hit Field Of Dreams, has died. Kinsella was 81.
Kinsella’s writing—which included almost 30 books, including novels, poetry collections, and more than a dozen short story anthologies—focused on two major themes: First Nation peoples, and baseball. Kinsella published his first book, a collection of short stories narrated by a young Cree man, in 1977. As a white man writing from a first-person perspective about First Nation cultures, Kinsella was sometimes accused of cultural appropriation, a charge he hotly denied, citing an author’s prerogative to write about whatever they like. He once said, “It’s the oppressed and the oppressor that I write about. The way that oppressed people survive is by making fun of the people who oppress them. That is essentially what my Indian ...
Kinsella’s writing—which included almost 30 books, including novels, poetry collections, and more than a dozen short story anthologies—focused on two major themes: First Nation peoples, and baseball. Kinsella published his first book, a collection of short stories narrated by a young Cree man, in 1977. As a white man writing from a first-person perspective about First Nation cultures, Kinsella was sometimes accused of cultural appropriation, a charge he hotly denied, citing an author’s prerogative to write about whatever they like. He once said, “It’s the oppressed and the oppressor that I write about. The way that oppressed people survive is by making fun of the people who oppress them. That is essentially what my Indian ...
- 9/17/2016
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
W.P. Kinsella, the author who's book became the hit film Field of Dreams, died on Friday at the age of 81. Kinsella's best-known work was Shoeless Joe, a 1982 novel about a farmer in Iowa who builds a baseball field on his property in the hopes of attracting his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson. It inspired the 1989 Kevin Costner film, Field of Dreams. The film was directed by Phil Alden Robinson and also starred James Earl Jones and Ray Liotta. After the film was released, the farm used in the film became a popular tourist destination. Kinsella's literary agent, Carolyn Swayze, said in...
- 9/17/2016
- by Alexia Fernandez, @alexiafedz
- PEOPLE.com
W.P. Kinsella, the author who's book became the hit film Field of Dreams, died on Friday at the age of 81. Kinsella's best-known work was Shoeless Joe, a 1982 novel about a farmer in Iowa who builds a baseball field on his property in the hopes of attracting his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson. It inspired the 1989 Kevin Costner film, Field of Dreams. The film was directed by Phil Alden Robinson and also starred James Earl Jones and Ray Liotta. After the film was released, the farm used in the film became a popular tourist destination. Kinsella's literary agent, Carolyn Swayze, said in...
- 9/17/2016
- by Alexia Fernandez, @alexiafedz
- PEOPLE.com
Vancouver, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian novelist W.P. Kinsella, who blended magical realism and baseball in the book that became the smash hit film Field of Dreams, has died. He was 81. His literary agent Carolyn Swayze said in a statement that Kinsella's death on Friday in Hope, British Columbia was doctor-assisted. No other details about his death were disclosed. The author's best-known work Shoeless Joe, a magic-realist novel about a farmer in Iowa who builds a baseball field on his property in hopes of drawing in his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson, was adapted into a film
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- 9/17/2016
- by the Associated Press, THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Field of Dreams returns to the big screen this fallField of Dreams returns to the big screen this fallIngrid Randoja - Cineplex Magazine9/8/2016 9:39:00 Am
One of the best movies about baseball, fathers and sons, following your dreams and the metaphysical nature of corn, Field of Dreams (1989) touches all the bases.
Based on Canadian author W.P. Kinsella’s novel "Shoeless Joe", the film finds Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) hearing a voice that says, “If you build it, he will come,” which compels him to build a baseball diamond in his cornfield.
He is also compelled to find reclusive writer Terence Mann (James Earl Jones), seek out the ghost of dead baseball player-turned-doctor Archie “Moonlight” Graham (Burt Lancaster) and finally make peace with his deceased dad.
It’s a sentimental film, but in the best way possible, and that’s why Costner wanted to be part of the...
One of the best movies about baseball, fathers and sons, following your dreams and the metaphysical nature of corn, Field of Dreams (1989) touches all the bases.
Based on Canadian author W.P. Kinsella’s novel "Shoeless Joe", the film finds Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) hearing a voice that says, “If you build it, he will come,” which compels him to build a baseball diamond in his cornfield.
He is also compelled to find reclusive writer Terence Mann (James Earl Jones), seek out the ghost of dead baseball player-turned-doctor Archie “Moonlight” Graham (Burt Lancaster) and finally make peace with his deceased dad.
It’s a sentimental film, but in the best way possible, and that’s why Costner wanted to be part of the...
- 9/8/2016
- by Ingrid Randoja - Cineplex Magazine
- Cineplex
Top 5 baseball movies to celebrate Baseball Fan Day!Top 5 baseball movies to celebrate Baseball Fan Day!Amanda Wood8/12/2016 10:00:00 Am
If there’s one sport that’s synonymous with summer, it’s baseball. Few things scream summer more than cheering on your home team in the stands with a hotdog and popcorn.
Today is Baseball Fans Day, which celebrates the millions of baseball fans around the world. Our collective love for the sport has naturally spilled over into Hollywood, where scores of movies have been made over the years celebrating the boys (and girls) of summer and the excitement of the game.
In honour of Baseball fans day, we’ve put together a list of some of our favourite baseball movies. Check out the list below to see if your fave made the cut, and then head outside to play it yourself!
Field of Dreams (1989)
We obviously had to include this Kevin Costner classic.
If there’s one sport that’s synonymous with summer, it’s baseball. Few things scream summer more than cheering on your home team in the stands with a hotdog and popcorn.
Today is Baseball Fans Day, which celebrates the millions of baseball fans around the world. Our collective love for the sport has naturally spilled over into Hollywood, where scores of movies have been made over the years celebrating the boys (and girls) of summer and the excitement of the game.
In honour of Baseball fans day, we’ve put together a list of some of our favourite baseball movies. Check out the list below to see if your fave made the cut, and then head outside to play it yourself!
Field of Dreams (1989)
We obviously had to include this Kevin Costner classic.
- 8/12/2016
- by Amanda Wood
- Cineplex
In the midst of March Madness and with the Kentucky Derby around the corner, the first pitch of baseball season is almost here.
A quote from Field Of Dreams best describes America’s national pastime, “The one constant throughout the years has been baseball.”
To mark the start of the 2016 season, here’s our list of the Best Baseball movies.
The Bad News Bears
Considered by some to be the best baseball movie ever, the film celebrates its 40th anniversary this month (April 7, 1976). In an article from the NY Daily News, one line reads, “It is a movie that someone like the late Philip Seymour Hoffman called his favorite, and one which resonates on many levels today, with all different generations.”
Who are we to argue with greatness?
After skewering all-American subjects such as politics (The Candidate) and beauty pageants (Smile), director Michael Ritchie naturally set his sights on the...
A quote from Field Of Dreams best describes America’s national pastime, “The one constant throughout the years has been baseball.”
To mark the start of the 2016 season, here’s our list of the Best Baseball movies.
The Bad News Bears
Considered by some to be the best baseball movie ever, the film celebrates its 40th anniversary this month (April 7, 1976). In an article from the NY Daily News, one line reads, “It is a movie that someone like the late Philip Seymour Hoffman called his favorite, and one which resonates on many levels today, with all different generations.”
Who are we to argue with greatness?
After skewering all-American subjects such as politics (The Candidate) and beauty pageants (Smile), director Michael Ritchie naturally set his sights on the...
- 4/4/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Is this heaven? Nope, it’s Opening Week.
Recently Mlb rounded up a group of players to recite, word for word, James Earl Jones’ famous “people will come, Ray” speech from Field Of Dreams.
Wamg declares America’s national pastime, Baseball, to be the official sport of movie fans everywhere. As Brad Pitt said in Moneyball, “How can you not be romantic about Baseball?”
It all started Sunday night with the Cardinals at the Cubs with St. Louis winning 3 to 0.
To celebrate the first pitch of Opening Week, here’s our list of the best Baseball movies.
The Rookie
One of the best baseball biopics to come along over the years, The Rookie, starring Dennis Quaid, tells the true story of Jim Morris, a man who finally gets a shot at his lifelong dream-pitching in the big leagues. A high school science teacher/baseball coach, Morris’ players make a bet with him:if they win district,...
Recently Mlb rounded up a group of players to recite, word for word, James Earl Jones’ famous “people will come, Ray” speech from Field Of Dreams.
Wamg declares America’s national pastime, Baseball, to be the official sport of movie fans everywhere. As Brad Pitt said in Moneyball, “How can you not be romantic about Baseball?”
It all started Sunday night with the Cardinals at the Cubs with St. Louis winning 3 to 0.
To celebrate the first pitch of Opening Week, here’s our list of the best Baseball movies.
The Rookie
One of the best baseball biopics to come along over the years, The Rookie, starring Dennis Quaid, tells the true story of Jim Morris, a man who finally gets a shot at his lifelong dream-pitching in the big leagues. A high school science teacher/baseball coach, Morris’ players make a bet with him:if they win district,...
- 4/6/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Screwball comedy movies, rare screenings of epic box office disaster: Library of Congress’ Packard Theater in April 2014 (photo: Cary Grant and Irene Dunne in ‘The Awful Truth’) In April 2014, the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper, Virginia, will celebrate Hollywood screwball comedy movies, from the Marx Brothers’ antics to Peter Bogdanovich’s early ’70s homage What’s Up, Doc?, a box office blockbuster starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal. Additionally, the Packard Theater will present a couple of rarities, including an epoch-making box office disaster that led to the demise of a major studio. Among Packard’s April 2014 screwball comedies are the following: Leo McCarey’s Duck Soup (Saturday, April 5) — actually more zany, wacky, and totally insane than merely "screwball" — in which Groucho Marx stars as the recently (un)elected dictator of Freedonia, abetted by siblings Harpo Marx and Chico Marx, in addition to Groucho’s perennial foil,...
- 3/27/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and it could be again.” – Field Of Dreams.
No truer words were ever spoken about America’s Pastime. Baseball began this past Spring with 30 teams vying for the chance to become World Champions and now it’s been decided. The San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers will play ball in the 2012 World Series. Before the final hurrah of nine innings, stats, bases and 3 strikes you’re out, Wamg has compiled a list of the Best Baseball Movies. Did we leave any in the dugout or are there some that should be sent to the showers?...
No truer words were ever spoken about America’s Pastime. Baseball began this past Spring with 30 teams vying for the chance to become World Champions and now it’s been decided. The San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers will play ball in the 2012 World Series. Before the final hurrah of nine innings, stats, bases and 3 strikes you’re out, Wamg has compiled a list of the Best Baseball Movies. Did we leave any in the dugout or are there some that should be sent to the showers?...
- 10/23/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Hoosiers is my favorite sports movie of all time. I’m thrilled it’s finally coming to Blu-ray. We’re giving away two copies. Simply leave a comment on this post telling us your favorite sports movie. You don’t even have to consider Hoosiers the best to win it.
Hoosiers Blu-ray Features: Hoosier History: The Truth Behind the Legend Deleted Scenes Original 1954 Indiana High School Championship Game Commentary by Director David Anspaugh
Here’s a feature from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
An All New Blu-ray Perfectly Timed For Father’s Day Coming On
June 5, 2012
Hoosiers is not just a beloved film, but it has consistently been named one of the best sports movies of all time! In that spirit, here we will highlight our picks for the five best sports films and what makes them uniquely memorable. Our favorites include A League of Their Own, Remember the Titans and Field of Dreams.
Hoosiers Blu-ray Features: Hoosier History: The Truth Behind the Legend Deleted Scenes Original 1954 Indiana High School Championship Game Commentary by Director David Anspaugh
Here’s a feature from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
An All New Blu-ray Perfectly Timed For Father’s Day Coming On
June 5, 2012
Hoosiers is not just a beloved film, but it has consistently been named one of the best sports movies of all time! In that spirit, here we will highlight our picks for the five best sports films and what makes them uniquely memorable. Our favorites include A League of Their Own, Remember the Titans and Field of Dreams.
- 5/8/2012
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
It’s spring training for baseball, a time when even Cubs fans can be hopeful despite knowing that, sooner or later, this year’s team will break our hearts as every Cubs team has done for over a century. Truth is, if the Cubs ever won the World Series, their mystique would be gone. Their legend is based on being losers.
As baseball season is upon us, and tonight is the Academy Awards, I want to look back not only at the game but at my favorite baseball movies. For my taste, there is something better about baseball films than there is in films for any other sport. There’s a duality to it; baseball is played by teams but it comes down to individuals – batter versus pitcher.
So here, in no particular order, are my favorite baseball films. I’m not saying they’re the best but they are...
As baseball season is upon us, and tonight is the Academy Awards, I want to look back not only at the game but at my favorite baseball movies. For my taste, there is something better about baseball films than there is in films for any other sport. There’s a duality to it; baseball is played by teams but it comes down to individuals – batter versus pitcher.
So here, in no particular order, are my favorite baseball films. I’m not saying they’re the best but they are...
- 2/26/2012
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
Dyersville, Iowa -- The sprawling eastern Iowa cornfields made famous by the movie "Field of Dreams" are being sold to a company that will preserve the site's baseball legacy, the owners announced Sunday.
Don and Becky Lansing said they have accepted an offer from Mike and Denise Stillman and their company, Go the Distance Baseball LLC, which will develop the site near Dyersville as a baseball and softball complex. A purchase price was not disclosed.
"We worked hard to maintain its wholesome allure, and our success says a lot about our nation's love affair with its national pastime," Becky Lansing said in a statement. "It truly is a special place."
The land has been in Don Lansing's family since 1906. The couple put the property up for sale at $5.4 million in May 2010. The parcel includes the two-bedroom house, baseball diamond, six other buildings and 193 acres – mostly cornfields – from the movie.
The film,...
Don and Becky Lansing said they have accepted an offer from Mike and Denise Stillman and their company, Go the Distance Baseball LLC, which will develop the site near Dyersville as a baseball and softball complex. A purchase price was not disclosed.
"We worked hard to maintain its wholesome allure, and our success says a lot about our nation's love affair with its national pastime," Becky Lansing said in a statement. "It truly is a special place."
The land has been in Don Lansing's family since 1906. The couple put the property up for sale at $5.4 million in May 2010. The parcel includes the two-bedroom house, baseball diamond, six other buildings and 193 acres – mostly cornfields – from the movie.
The film,...
- 10/30/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Moneyball is one of the year's most anticipated films and it will be hitting theaters this Friday. Starring Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's who lead a team of castoffs to the American League playoffs back in 2003, the film is based on Michael Lewis' ("The Blind Side") bestselling book of the same name, and has been mentioned for awards season kudos.
The film debuted in Toronto at the beginning of this month where it didn't cement it as the Oscar frontrunner, but it didn't knock it out of contention either. Most of the reviews coming out of the festival were positive to glowing including Brad's take on the film (read that here) when he saw it on the first day of the fest.
Hollywood hasn't made that many baseball movies over the years but the ones they have made have often been terrific. Here,...
The film debuted in Toronto at the beginning of this month where it didn't cement it as the Oscar frontrunner, but it didn't knock it out of contention either. Most of the reviews coming out of the festival were positive to glowing including Brad's take on the film (read that here) when he saw it on the first day of the fest.
Hollywood hasn't made that many baseball movies over the years but the ones they have made have often been terrific. Here,...
- 9/19/2011
- by Bill Cody
- Rope of Silicon
New York's Museum of Modern Arts (MoMA), in association with Telefilm Canada, will organize the seventh annual Canadian Front. This event will be held from March 17 to March 24, 2010. Moreover, New Yorkers will have the chance to see nine Canadian films.
Obviously, this event should help Canadian films to find a U.S. distributor and allow New Yorkers to see Canadian films that were completed over the last 18 months. As a matter of fact, it was the Canadian Front event that allowed Bruce McDonald's brilliant zombie film Pontypool to be distributed in the USA by IFC Films for instance.
This year, the Canadian Front has in store two comedies, two dramas, two coming-of-age stories, two documentaries and an old classic. Speaking about that classic, the film in question was directed by Allan King, a Canadian director who left us in June 2009 and whose work was the subject of a MoMA retrospective in 2007. So,...
Obviously, this event should help Canadian films to find a U.S. distributor and allow New Yorkers to see Canadian films that were completed over the last 18 months. As a matter of fact, it was the Canadian Front event that allowed Bruce McDonald's brilliant zombie film Pontypool to be distributed in the USA by IFC Films for instance.
This year, the Canadian Front has in store two comedies, two dramas, two coming-of-age stories, two documentaries and an old classic. Speaking about that classic, the film in question was directed by Allan King, a Canadian director who left us in June 2009 and whose work was the subject of a MoMA retrospective in 2007. So,...
- 3/3/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Phil Alden Robinson’s Field of Dreams, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented a screening of the supernatural baseball drama on Wednesday, December 16, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Back in 1989, Field of Dreams, in which a farmer builds (a baseball field) so they’ll come ("they" being the Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven banned Chicago White Sox players), was nominated for three Academy Awards: best picture, best original screenplay, and best original score (James Horner). Based on W.P. Kinsella’s short novel, the film stars Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Burt Lancaster, Ray Liotta, and James Earl Jones. Field of Dreams was also part of a [...]...
- 12/18/2009
- by Joan Lister
- Alt Film Guide
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