Field of Dreams
The movie involved the main character build an actual baseball field which still stands to this day. The owners of the land subsequently put up a hut where they offered memorabilia and allowed people to play baseball as they please. During the time of filming, Iowa was experiencing a drought which had the fields watered with a lot of water just to allow filming in a seemingly green field. The green grass’s color is paint for the real grass that was bought didn’t have enough time to grow properly and died. The film also included some formerly unknown superstars of today such as Ben Affleck and Matt Damon! “Shoeless” Joe Jackson actually batted left handed and threw right and Doc Graham actually batted left. The scene where Ray visits 1972 Chisholm Minnesota to search for Moonlight Graham, The local movie theater was showing another 1972 film, The Godfather.
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