Line #2 YMMV/FieldofDreams


1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The [[http://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/19570/did-terence-mann-die fan theory]] --{{Jossed}} by the screenwriter-- that Terence Mann was a ghost himself, having died alone in that apartment, brought back to fulfill his dream of watching the game he loved as a child.
2	* AwardSnub: Lost the Best Picture [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] in 1990 to ''Film/DrivingMissDaisy''.
3	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Perhaps unsurprisingly for a film about tradition, family, and baseball, but the movie was also a hit in Japan, where it managed to win three separate awards for Best Foreign Language film.
4	* HilariousInHindsight: When ''Shoeless Joe'' was being adapted into film, [[ExecutiveMeddling the studio changed it to]] ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' for fear that people would think it was about a hobo. Director Phillip Alden Robinson, upset, called Kinsella to tell him the news, and, not telling him the new title, had this conversation:
5	-->'''Robinson''': They want to change the name from "Shoeless Joe."\
6	'''Kinsella''': Oh that's alright, that wasn't even my title. That was the publisher's title.\
7	'''Robinson''': What was your title?\
8	'''Kinsella''': "Dream Field."
9	* MemeticMutation: "If you build it, he will come." [[BeamMeUpScotty Although it's too often quoted as "If you build it, they will come."]]
10	* RetroactiveRecognition: A teenaged Creator/BenAffleck and Creator/MattDamon appear as extras at Fenway Park.
11	* StrawmanHasAPoint: The closest the film has to an antagonist is Ray's brother-in-law Mark. Until [[spoiler: Doc/Moonlight saved Karin's life]], he couldn't see the ghosts. So, from his perspective, Ray--an inexperienced farmer--mowed his field to build a baseball diamond with no other means of supporting his family, is completely delusional, and has managed to pass this delusion onto his sister and niece as they are all about to go bankrupt.
12	* TearJerker: This film has often been described as one of the ultimate [[ManlyTears "guy cry"]] movies.
13	** Ray bringing up how he and his father weren't on good terms up until the latter died. By the end of the film, Ray is finally reunited with his dad, brought back as a younger man in his prime and plays with him, making up for lost time. Doubles as a very heartwarming moment.
14	* ValuesResonance:
15	** Terrence's rant about how he led the charge for peaceful nonviolence to change the world, only to become disillusioned when "they killed UsefulNotes/{{Martin\|LutherKingJr}}, [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Bobby]], and they elected [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon 'Tricky Dick']] twice," resonates with the widespread Millennial disillusionment with the "Boomer" generation.
16	** Annie's arguments against Beulah and the other pro-censorship reactionaries at the town rally fully meshes with the idea in TheNewTwenties that fighting for the rights of free speech and positive societal change didn't end in TheSixties, and still has to be fought for in the modern day. More so given the aforementioned disillusionment with "Boomers" like Beulah, who "had two [[TheFifties Fifties]] and moved right into TheSeventies."

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