Field of Dreams: Difference between revisions

* [[Artistic License]] -- Ray travels to 1972 to visit Moonlight Graham; the real-life Graham died in 1965. As it turns out, this was actually a deliberate choice by the filmmakers; Francis Ford Coppola was involved in the movie and he and the director wanted to set the scene in the year "The Godfather" came out.

** Ray Liotta hits right-handed. Shoeless Joe Jackson, the famous player he portrays, hit left-handed. This was apparently a case of pragmatic filming, they felt Liotta looked awkward swinging left handed and figured it was better to show him looking comfortable rather than being accurate. Liotta was apparently not happy with the decision.

* [[Brandishment Bluff]]: Ray, out of desperation, tries to kidnap Terence with a finger in his jacket. Terence isn't fooled for a second.

* [[Down to The Last Play]] -- averted, sort of. Moonlight Graham, in his only major league plate appearance, hit a sacrifice fly and was not charged with an at bat.

* [[Put Me in Coach]] -- Moonlight Graham

* [[Scenery Porn]] -- The field itself was built on two separate properties to allow for uninhibited sunset shots, several scenes set during "Magic Hour" (very late twilight) were actually shot over the course of several days to preserve the lighting.

** A shout out is given when Shoeless Joe Jackson mentions "the thrill of the grass," another book by [[WP Kinsella|Bill Kinsella.]]

* [[Strawman Political]]: The [[Moral Guardians]].

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