[this is part of the series “A.P.E. in the Movies” read the other post here]
This is a post by Luke Cawley
Kevin Costner. It turns out he lied to me.
I’d come to trust him as he busted Al Capone in The Untouchables, exposed the conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy in JFK, and wooed Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. So it was natural for me to keep trusting him when I watched Field of Dreams. I was just a teenager when I first saw it. And I must have watched it over a dozen times.
If you’ve never seen the movie, Kevin Costner hears a voice whispering in his ear that “if you build it, they will come”. He takes this to mean that he must build a baseball field on his farm and that people will come and visit as a result. He obeys the voice, adventures ensue, he reconnects with the ghost of his father. Normal everyday stuff. The film ends with streams of cars driving towards his baseball field. He built it and they are coming.
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