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If you have seen this heart-warming 80’s baseball fantasy flick, you likely have a strong opinion on it. While some are moved by its fantastical and heartfelt story of personal redemption, others dismiss it as over sentimental and even silly. Or as Richard Corliss of TIME Magazine once infamously put it, a "male weepie at its wussiest,". Either way you look at it, the Oscar-nominated movie still tugs at the heartstrings and makes us rekindle our love for America’s Pastime. So grab your bat, ball, and glove and then head to a perfectly good Iowa cornfield as Tim Williams and guest co-host Laramy Wells discuss “Field of Dreams” from 1989 on this episode of the 80’s Flick Flashback. Here are some additional behind the scenes trivia we were unable to cover in this episode: The scene in which Shoeless Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta) first appears in Field of Dreams is one of the most beautifully shot in the entire movie, and after the film was released, producer Charles Gordon received all sorts of calls asking who created the foggy effect that added a dreamlike quality to the scene. In the From Father to Son documentary, Gordon revealed that this wasn’t something created on set or added in post-production, instead it was one of those “magic moments” where the fog just happened to appear as they were filming and they decided to go with it, saying it was “meant to be.” This stroke of luck helped make the "Is this heaven" scene one of the most memorable of the movie and iconic shots of all time. Before composer James Horner, the musical maestro behind Titanic and Braveheart, agreed to score Field of Dreams, Robinson gave him a private test-screening. “He came to look at it at an early stage,” Robinson said on a DVD bonus feature. “We showed him the film and when the lights came up, he got up and left the room.” At first, Robinson was crestfallen, thinking Horner must’ve hated the film. But a few moments later, the Oscar-winning composer—who passed away in 2015—came back “very teary-eyed” and agreed to take the job. Sources: Wikipedia, IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Box Office Mojo https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2566115/field-of-dreams-behind-the-scenes-facts https://worldation.com/stories/behind-scenes-field-dreams/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63209/25-fast-facts-about-field-dreams https://variety.com/2019/film/news/field-of-dreams-30th-anniversary-kevin-costner-1203192967/ Intro & Outro Music: "Total Eclipse" by Nathaniel Wyver Send us an email or reach out to us on social media to let us know what you liked, what you loved, what we may have missed, or what 80's movie we should watch next! Email - moviviewspodcast@gmail.com Facebook - Moviviews Presents 80's Flick Flashback Podcast (Fan Page) & Moviviews News & Reviews (Group Page) InstaGram - Moviviews --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/80sflickflashback/message
