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Field of Dreams

* J.D. Salinger, Terence Mann, and Field of Dreams

January 29, 2010 · 2 comments

Thanks to a comment by Robert Loy, I had a “Homer Simpson” moment for totally forgetting about a crucial Salinger/baseball connection. Loy wrote, “What I want to know is why the ever-litigious Salinger didn’t sue Bill Kinsella over being included in ‘Shoeless Joe.’  And if he was okay with it why did they change it […]

Tagged as: Field of Dreams, J.D. Salinger, Shoeless Joe, W. P. Kinsella

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* Review: Shoeless Joe and The Celebrant

March 23, 2009

From The Henry Wiggen Blog, this review of the W.P. Kinsella classic and Eric Role Greenberg’s novel.

Tagged as: Eric Rolfe Greenberg, Field of Dreams, Shoeless Joe, The Celebrant, W. P. Kinsella

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* And now for something completely different…

August 5, 2008

Fans of Monty Python will recognize John Cleese’s signature tagline. It applies here because an unlikely source from Great Britain offers a podcast review of Field of Dreams. One of my favorite (or favourite, in this case) podcasts is “Movies You Should See,” a weekly offering by a group of 30-something Brits who obviously enjoy […]

Tagged as: baseball movies, Field of Dreams

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* Movie smackdown: Bull Durham vs. Field of Dreams

July 23, 2008

In this corner, Kevin Costner. And in this corner, Kevin Costner. And the winnah, according to the Angels blog on the OC Register Web site, is ___.

Tagged as: baseball movies, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner

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Kevin Costner on baseball

November 6, 2007

NPR’s Fresh Air replayed this May 2007 interview with Costner to mark the release of his latest movie, Mr. Brooks, on DVD. The interviewer is with Dave Davies. Costner discusses his love for the game (not coincidentally the title of his trilogy of baseball films; and no, The Upside of Anger, in which he plays […]

Tagged as: baseball movies, Baseball News, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, For the Love of the Game, Kevin Costner

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