Field of Dreams (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
by Phil Alden Robinson
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Actor: Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, James Earl Jones, Kevin Costner, Ray LiottaDirector: Phil Alden Robinson
Brand: Team Marketing
Cinematographer: John Lindley
Writer: Phil Alden Robinson
Producer: Brian E. Frankish
Producer: Charles Gordon
Producer: Lawrence Gordon
Producer: Lloyd Levin
Writer: W.P. Kinsella
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-04-29
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Field of Dreams (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
DVD Review: Marginally Better Than DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a wonderful story and a great movie. I own one of the first versions of the DVD. I was always hoping there would be a version with a better surround soundtrack. The Field of Dreams Blu-ray edition's audio is actually better, but only marginally so. The video is really good, too. Some of the darker scenes on DVD had some noticeable artifacts. In the Blu-ray edition, they seem to be gone. There are plenty of extras, but I don't have a lot of time to enjoy them so I won't review them here.
I'd recommend this Blu-ray edition only to this movie's enthusiasts or folks who have a Blu-ray play and not the DVD edition of this movie.
DVD Review: Field of Dreams - Blu-ray Info
Summary: 3 Stars
Version: U.S.A / Universal / Region Free
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
VC-1 BD-50 / AACS / Advanced Profile 3
Running time: 1:45:38
Movie size: 29,35 GB
Disc size: 41,49 GB
Total bit rate: 37.05 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 31.05 Mbps
DTS-HD Master Audio English 3816 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3816 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Number of chapters: 34
#Audio Commentary by director and director of photography
#From Father to Son: Passing Along the Pastime (SD - 38m:41s)
#Deleted Scenes (SD - 16m:50s)
#The Diamond in the Husks (SD - 17m:41s)
#Galena, Illinois Pinch Hits for Chisholm, Minnesota (SD - 5m:35s)
#A Look Inside Field of Dreams (SD - 90m)
#Bravo's From Page to Screen: Field of Dreams (SD - 46m:06s)
#Field of Dreams Roundtable (SD - 29m:56s)
#Theatrical trailer (SD - 2m:24s)
DVD Review: The Best Baseball Movie Since "Pride Of The Yankees"
Summary: 5 Stars
It was 1991, three years after the movie's release, it was a saturday afternoon and I was at a friend's house and she suggested we watch "Field of Dreams", I said "what's it about?" she said "it's a baseball movie!", I perked up, I said Okay, I said "who's in it?", she says "Kevin Costner". I kind of rolled my eyes because I wasn't too keen on Kevin Costner but I said okay, lets do it, so she advised me to shut up while the opening credits rolled because it gave some background about the life of the characters so I did just that and for the rest of the entire movie, I was hooked, not only with the movie itself but the music.
Please note though, that, while being catholic, I am not a very religious minded person and my thoughts about the spiritual aspects of this movie I will leave out of this review.
The Theme of the movie itself is what sold me on it, the relationship that the Costner Character, Ray Kinsella, had with his father in the movie, now, I, myself, had a great relationship with my father and all during the movie, I was rooting for Ray to somehow reconnect with his father again and by the end of this picture, without giving it away, I was a mess, This movie, in one viewing, made it's way into my top ten all time favorite movies.
Not only that but I immediately upon leaving my friends house, went to the store and purchased the video AND the soundtrack and it was one of the first DVD's I purchased after I got my first DVD player.
I read other reviews here that panned the movie for lousy acting and terrible storylines but I think this was a wonderful movie and I agree with one reviewer that this is "It's a wonderful life" on a baseball diamond, which so happens to be another favorite of mine. In closing,. sometimes you just have to remember that you have to use your imagination and stop trying to think that all movies are real life, sometimes you just have to go beyond that and you will find yourself entertained like I was BUT this movie went beyond entertainment, this movie was AWESOME and I reccomend it to anyone who can think beyond reality.
DVD Review: No, it's Iowa!
Summary: 4 Stars
Field of Dreams is a dream whether or not you like baseball. A classic!DVD Review: A CLASSIC film about second chances
Summary: 5 Stars
"Field of Dreams" is my favorite baseball film and a CLASSIC of the drama genre. Everything about this film is PEFECT (just like Ray Kinsella says "It's better than that, it's PERFECT). James Earl Jones gives what I believe to be his GREATEST performance in "Field of Dreams".
My favorite scene is the one where Doc "Moonlight" Graham comes back to save Ray's daughter from choking. I should mention here how GREAT Burt Lancaster's performance is too. This movie is all about one thing: Second chances. Anyone who understands this will find the movie very moving.
"If you build it, he will come"
Description of Field of Dreams (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
An iowa farmer replaces part of his crop with a baseball diamond to bring together a team of baseball heroes from the past. Features directors commentary and behind-the-scenes footage. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/15/2009 Starring: Kevin Costner Amy Madigan Run time: 106 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Phil Alden RobinsonA 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. Universal's widescreen Collector's Edition DVD is a real treat, offering extensive production notes, full-length commentary by writer-director Phil Alden Robinson, and the extensive behind-the-scenes documentary The Making of Field of Dreams. --Jeff Shannon
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. --Jeff Shannon
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