Terrific post, Jason, for one of my top 10 of all time movies. Thanks!

Ray Kinsella's (Kevin Costner) hero's journey was great. Absolutely, yes. But what got me excited about Field of Dreams was that it wasn't simply about one man's dream (Kinsella's), it was about several people's dreams and journey's. Take Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham, for example. He only wanted "One at bat against a major league pitcher. One chance to face him down. Feel the wood in my hands. See what's he's got". 50 YEARS LATER, that dream was still crystal clear in his mind and heart, articulated with passion in his doctor's office to Ray Kinsella. Dr. Graham finally got to touch that dream when he stepped into the batter's box out there in Iowa. Or take Terrance Mann - writer, former radical, civic leader in the 1960's, "currently being pestered by people like you, Ray Kinsella, people who want to relive the past". Terrance got the writer's dream gig, you might say, when "Shoeless" Joe Jackson invited him to walk out into the cornfields, and see what lies beyond. "Not you, Ray. Him". Terrance got his imagination, his zest, his interest in life, back again on Ray's little ball field (and especially while participating in Ray's cross-country search for what the voices were telling him ("I admire your passion, Ray. It may be misdirected, but it is a passion nevertheless"). Field of Dreams was about several people reaching for their dreams. John A ps: and as an added bonus, when James Earl Jones gets up from his seat on the bleachers at the end, and talks about what baseball means to America, well, if you can't get charged up about that . . .

Good analysis, John, and you are right: Several people at a nexus point in terms of their dreams. I'm quite familiar with this project. First I read the book before the movie. Second its producer Larry Gordon also produced K-9. Third both Field of Dreams and K-9 were released by Universal. Fourth they were released within 2 weeks of each other. In fact, I have a full two-page Variety ad from the studio with FOD on one page and K-9 on the other, both #1 movies.