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"Field of Dreams"

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Kevin Costner plays an Iowa farmer who hears a voice while out in his cornfield telling him to build a major league ball park. Using all the family's savings he proceeds and to his astonishment Shoeless Joe Jackson shows up. Later the other seven Chicago team mates also show up and still later an opposing team. Costner travels to Boston to visit an influencial sixties writer and they take in a game at Fenway park and seek out a doctor who is a former ball player. Light hearted in style and a lot of fun. Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster, and James Earl Jones round out the cast.

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Re: "Ditch of Screams" - AudioHead 17:58:19 09/18/05 (1)
Rooney and Holdens last stand in Korea. Rico, name of film should be an easy one for you. ~AH
- Re: "Ditch of Screams" - rico 06:02:09 09/19/05 (0)
  'Tis "The Bridges at Toko-Ri". A relentless and sad ending. "Where do we get these men?"
And an even-better Kostner & baseball movie, IMO of course, is 'For Love of the Game' - jeffreybehr 14:17:23 09/14/05 (9)
Not well accepted critically, it works VERY well for me. Costner plays an aging former-star pitcher, in the last game of the season and what may be HIS last game, whose sweetheart is leaving for London. It flashes back and forth, showing his meeting her and falling in love, all while pitching a possible-perfect game.
- How 'bout Bull Durham? The guys made a career out of baseball flicks! nt - tinear 17:05:18 09/14/05 (8)
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  - I like 'em both, and the golf flick Tin Cup, too - padreken 19:28:53 09/14/05 (7)
    Costner may be a mediocrity, but he has been in some good movies (and a fair number of horrible ones, too).
    - BTW, the Tin Cup soundtrack is a longtime fave - padreken 09:18:15 09/17/05 (0)
      Worth it for the Texas Tornados' A Little Bit is Better Than Nada and Mickey Jones' Double Bogie Blues alone.
    - It's strange he gets so little respect, from me too, yet I really - tinear 06:46:45 09/16/05 (0)
      like his performances in some movies. I thought Tin Cup was very good (not just because of the title,either :-)
    - I'm not a fan of Costner, but I thought Tin Cup was pretty good. - PdL 04:15:58 09/15/05 (4)
      Actually KC was good in Dances with Wolves too as I recall.
      - Costner is smart... - RGA 23:52:06 09/15/05 (3)
        
        In Reply to: I'm not a fan of Costner, but I thought Tin Cup was pretty good. posted by PdL on September 15, 2005 at 04:15:58:
        
        As he has said in the past "I'm not the best actor, I can't make a bad movie good" like a Jack Nicholson who can with sheer presence make something a lot better than it really is.
        Costner is an everyman and usually plays the average Joe and guess what he's usually believable as the average Joe -- so I don;t get the complaints consistantly levelled at him. He has never annoyed me in any film I've seen him in and he's not detracted or made a good movie bad. Sure he's been in some stinkers but then so has Michael Caine and virtually every other cosidered to be great actor.
        Costner was also minor pro level as a Baseball player which is why in the baseball films he actually LOOKS the part -- unlike Redford and Liotta who clearly are hopeless baseball athletes. Costner is smart because he picks films where he doesn't have to carry the film. unfortunately he isn't good enough to lift mediocrity out of the mud.
        
        Good points, exept that he did make one of the greatest duds, Waterworld. nt - PdL 04:27:35 09/16/05 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Costner is smart... posted by RGA on September 15, 2005 at 23:52:06:
        
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        Re: Good points, exept that he did make one of the greatest duds, Waterworld. nt - rico 06:08:25 09/16/05 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Good points, exept that he did make one of the greatest duds, Waterworld. nt posted by PdL on September 16, 2005 at 04:27:35:
        
        One of my favorite critical comments regarding "Waterworld" is "It's not as bad as you think".
        
        Quite true with waterworld -- it wasn;t as bad as everyone said.. - RGA 07:12:46 09/16/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Good points, exept that he did make one of the greatest duds, Waterworld. nt posted by rico on September 16, 2005 at 06:08:25:
        
        but even Dennis Hopper could not save it...Take Costner OUT of the movie and put any other actor in his place -- Waterworld is STILL a thumbs down movie.

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