I remember seeing this is a Theater. Grown Men were crying at the end of the film (me included). I especially impacts those of us who Fathers are no longer with us. Doctot Graham was played by one of the biggest stars in the Golden Era of Movies, Burt Lancaster. Who won an Oscar for his peformance in Birdman of Alkatraz.

@libertyresearch-iu4fy

Жыл бұрын

'Field of Dreams' was one of Lancaster's last roles as he died just five years later.

@christinakramer1159

Жыл бұрын

He was nominated for Birdman of Alcatraz. He won for Elmer Gantry.

@grahammalcolm7130

Жыл бұрын

​@@libertyresearch-iu4fy I think his last role was a scottish film by Bill forsyth called local hero

One of my absolute favorite films and that ending turns on the waterworks. every. single. time.

this field still exists, is a tourist attraction, and (more recently) it hosts one major league game per year. one of the greatest unscripted surprise movie-moments happened after "see if you can hit my curveball". the script called for a homerun, but when ray liotta (as a right-handed hitting joe jackson) drilled it up the middle knocking coster off his feet, they counted their blessings and left it in.

One of the things I love about this movie, which I don't think you will understand nor need to understand, is that 'Moonlight' Graham hit a sacrifice fly in his only plate appearance on the field of dreams, so he still has no official 'at-bats'.

@raezor82

Жыл бұрын

And you could say it was foreshadowing.

@chrino21

Жыл бұрын

But he did get an RBI!

@tonyhaynes9080

9 ай бұрын

No he didn't. Look at the angle that the ball leaves the bat. It's to his right. Not towards the left field. It is a later batsmen, not shown that is caught out in the left field.

@curtismartin2866

5 ай бұрын

He hit a Sacrifice. That's the whole, poetic point.

I never cried watching this movie until I saw it through your video. The part with Doc Graham always gets me. He reminds me of the old folks I remember as a kid, always smiling, always happy to see you, now long gone.

i cry every time i watch this movie. Such a wholesome, feel good film.

No body has mentioned it but the Field of Dreams is real. They built a actual field for the movie and it is in Iowa. It and the house are still there and its still 20$ a person after 30 years to go out onto the field. Later the MLB built a regulation sized field about 5 to 600 feet away from the set field. Two years ago was the first game played on that field and Kevin opened the game with a speech, also the players for that game walk out of the cornfield, which is still there, onto the field. It very much is Terence Mans speech. Baseball is a part of our history and reminds us of all that was good and could be good again.

when they go to the town where Moonlight Grahame lived(yes, he WAS a real person) and they are interviewing the older citizens, one of them are actors, they are all actual townspeople who really knew "Doc" Grahame, and their reminiscences are real, genuine true stories about him..he actually WAS as kind and generous as they said, and he was a truly well-loved character...that's a wonderful touch in a wonderful and touching story...........

@markdenio4537

4 ай бұрын

The lady reading the obituary actually wrote that obituary.

This, Rudy, and Brian's Song make grown men cry...

@david.j9.rabbithole808

Жыл бұрын

No they don’t! (Covers face and sobs uncontrollably thinking of this, Rudy, and Brian’s Song)

@answ7211

Жыл бұрын

Oh my! Brian's Song !!

Bert Lancaster has always been one of my favorite actors he was magnificent in this. If you don't shed any tears during this movie there is definitely something wrong with you. One of the greatest movies ever made.✌💜🔥

"If you build it, he will come." Yes, more people will come, eventually, but it starts out focused on "he." The first group of 8 who come out of the corn are the 8 White Sox banned for life from baseball because of the "thrown" world series. See the movie "Eight Men Out" that chronicles the White Sox's infamy of 1919.

This was nicely edited down. You or your editor have a good feel for story beats. Really enjoyed your reaction to one of my all time fav films :)

Great reaction! another Costner film that will make you cry at the end is Dances with Wolves. The Man Who Would Be King, based on a Rudyard Kipling novel, has a coupla British actors in it, Sean Connery and Michael Caine, is a classic with no crying involved.

“If you build it, HE will come.” You’ll come to understand who HE is.

This has always been one of my all-time favorite movies. Still makes me cry.

Great reaction :) had to sub love anyone who can show real emotion and real empathy

"If you build it they will come." It means that building inspectors will be out soon. LOL. This is one of my favorite films. To me it is a film about "redemption." Thank you for your reaction.

I love this film, I've lost count of the times I've watched it, your reaction was the same as mine the first time I watched it, brilliant part played by James Earl Jones, one of the last films the great Burt Lancaster was in before he passed, RIP to him and Ray Liotta

I love this movie and can't get through it without tearing up, even while watching a reaction. I was born in Iowa a couple hours away from Dyersville where the field is but I live in Wisconsin. I have some dirt from the field but have never been there. It always makes me chuckle when Doc asks Ray what brought him all the way from Iowa when Iowa and Minnesota border each other. It wouldn't take more than a few hours to get from Chisolm MN to Dyersville, but then again Ray came by way of Boston which is just a bit out of the way.

That was a great commentary. I cried like a baby when I saw it in the cinema. For me, it's one of those rare perfect movies. I'm a first-timer to your channel.

Not a sports fan but I liked this movie. I got a movie suggestion to react to it's one of my favorites. The Final Countdown (1980) The U.S.S. Nimitz goes back to December 6th, 1941. It's filmed on the Nimitz.

With father and son playing catch, then the line of people rolling in.......Yes!!! The perfect way to end this movie!

This field is still there in Dyersville, Iowa

Ray Liotta is great in this movie. This best movie I think hes ever done was Corrina Corrina (1994) with Whoppie Goldberg. If you havn't seen it you should. It will make you laugh and cry.

I do love James Earl Jones in a heartfelt movie about baseball ⚾️ See also - The Sandlot 😉 And RIP to Ray Liotta. What a talented and handsome man. For something a little weirder from Ray - Guy Ritchie's Revolver (It's... experimental 😅)

@LordVolkov

Жыл бұрын

Probably best to get some of Guy Ritchie's more conventional films in before Revolver 😅 Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels, Snatch, The Gentlemen are all good crime comedies.

Moonlight Graham is the one and only... Burt Lancaster he is one of the acting greats Please check out this amazing WW II movie and see Burt at his very best ! The Train (1964) Note: Burt did all of his own stunt work in this film

I plan on playing catch with my Dad again some day ;-). That little girl was my mother in 1932 watching her relatives playing baseball on Memorial Day out by the old cemetery.

Great reaction to a great movie. I have seen it many times and I cried right with you.

I saw this first during my Army training at the base theater. It made everything seem a little bit better.

Wow.. I'm bawling my eyes out again. Even though I knew what was coming. Having watched it years ago at the cinema. All those years ago. Thanks for posting this great reaction. Even though, I now hate you for it. Because watching you cry, got me started too. lol

There was a cereal commercial "If you serve it they will come".

Wonderful movie that transcennds sports - touches your heart. Great commentary!

Lovely reaction to a wonderful movie. Thank you!

23:15 "Get this man off my screen right now" lol!

Saw this in the theatre with my dad when I was younger. He has since passed away, and it hits so much differently now. I am so happy you got to see this :)

@gregsteele806

9 ай бұрын

The last movie I saw with my father in a theater was "Moneyball". He passed away from Alzheimer's a few years ago. Because of Covid we couldn't even be with him when he died. This movie hits a LOT harder now.

Thank you for reacting to, and enjoying, this.

I remember when this came out I was listening to a baseball game one the radio and the announcers had just seen this movie. They talked about it at length because, well, baseball in the radio sometimes needs announcers to fill time. They said the movie wasn’t about baseball but it used baseball as a vehicle to tell a deeper story. My dad died in 1988 and fortunately I didn’t see this in the theater. When I did get around to watching it on vhs I was completely blindsided and I cried so hard I think I scared my wife. One chance to play catch with dad again would be heaven. On a different note, any significance to Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies? 🤔

@laurashawnlee

Жыл бұрын

No significance to that song, no. It’s just copyright free and makes me happy lol

this film is magical, there is another film based on a true story called Hoosiers, for a sports Movie or any move for that matter, it is magical as well

Kevin loves sports. He did baseball movies Bull Durham and For the Love of the Game. He also did 1 of 2 documentaries about the greatest pitcher of all time. Nolan Ryan! The other is called Facing Nolan. Both worth watching! Doc is Burt Lancaster old school Hollywood royalty, the original action hero!

Weird how everyone remembers the line as "If you build it, they will come." When it's really "If you build it, HE will come."

15:24 "No we're not, we're not doing it today." Yes. yes you are.

The final film of screen LEGEND Burt Lancaster. This was a small part, but he gave such a big performance. Look into his older stuff, if you've a mind to.

Originally the line was just “Hey, do you want to have catch?” but test audiences didn’t like the ambiguity so they ADR’d in “Dad”.

Nicely done!

Great movie! Great reaction! Another great movie worth watching is "Sneakers" (1992).

No, every commercial that has ever used that line got it wrong.

The whole film about a boy and his father reconciling finally. And playing catch.

Great movie. It made me fall in love with baseball.

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

I need a remake now but it’s aliens, even the dad, joyful alien

The only movie that gets me every time.

Wasn't the music wonderful? James Horner (Titanic, The Karate Kid [2010], Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan, Aliens). I think you were affected by Doc Graham because he was played by one of the great old-time actors, Burt Lancaster. Did you know Moonlight Graham was a real person and the story of him only playing one game without getting to bat was true. If you go to a site of historical records of Major League Baseball, he's right there. One last thing...Joe Jackson had the third highest batting average in history after Ty Cobb (.366) and Rogers Hornsby (.358), Jackson's was .356. If you're not familiar enough with baseball for this to make sense, today, a player who hits .300 or above is having a great year. Most players hit below that.

Burt Lancaster was great in this movie. Such an iconic actor.

Thank you. Great reactions and comments. I love my fellow criers.

Loved your reaction. Gonna try your channel for awhile.

Bought a farm myself recently. It's quiet.

Awsome ! reaction!

If anyone has time they should watch the Ken Burns documentary series on baseball because it has everything. It has civil rights, workers rights and how baseball fit into all of it. I am not a huge baseball fan, but this has so much other history.

Aliens in the outfield?🌾🌾🌽👽🌽🌾

The brother-in-law really gets too much hate from people. Consider things from his POV, his sister's husband has basically gone insane and has purposefully placed his farm in financial jeopardy, and they're all apparently completely delusional as to see non-existent baseball players. Meanwhile, he's trying to make sure their family has a house to live in, but keeps getting rebuffed at every attempt.

You guessed it way before others did❤

Great reaction. Even if you were able to figure out what was going to happen, it didn't make it any less awesome.

top 5 sports movies ever made!

1:29 Just for that, I’ve subscribed. I freaking _love_ The Golden Girls. 🥰🥰🥰

Lovely...Thank you...❤

9 on a team.

Watch the movie Eight men out

No es por discriminar, pero es una película que toca diferente a los hombres que a las mujeres. Conozco pocos hombres a los que no se les cae una lágrima cuando Ray juega pelota con su padre

I am a salty old dog of 62 years and have lost track of how many times I have seen this film. Always turns me into a blubbering mess.

Terence Mann was dead throughout the movie.

If you build a KZread reaction channel, they will come.

Welcome to ouur therapy loll

Instead of guessing the movie try paying attention.

@Otokichi786

Жыл бұрын

I know the movie, so seeing/hearing how this movie looks/feels to the reactor is OK with me. Our reactor going from mild interest to wholeheartedly riding along with Ray Kinsella and Terrence Mann in a magic VW Bus is it's own reward. Take a chill pill, please.;)

the best movie about baseball that isn't really about baseball.

Originally titled: This Movie Will F¥@K You Up !

"Is this Heaven? Yes, it's Iowa." Archibald Graham: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Graham