History Awesome / FieldOfDreams

** This moment works on a meta level, too: the book-banning scene was the first one shot for the film, and Amy Madigan had a bad case of stage fright at the thought of standing in front of an entire town's worth of extras to deliver her angry speeches. Needless to say, she pulled it off brilliantly.

* Terrence's reveal that he saw the message about Moonlight Graham, too. All he does is step out of the shadows and bellow as only Creator/JamesEarlJones can, "Moonlight Graham!"
* In a meta sense, the MLB at Field of Dreams game: Thirty years in the making, a celebration of the movie and of the game of baseball. It was originally intended to be held on the film field, until the league realized that upgrading the filming facilities to support a Major League Baseball game would destroy its authenticity. They built another ballpark for the game, one that would hold 8,000 fans (comparable to a AA stadium; the only professional baseball stadium near MLB level that has a comparable capacity is CHS Field in St. Paul, Minnesota, home of the AAA St. Paul Saints) 500 feet away, added a corn maze and other amenities. The game was held a year late due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.
** The game itself was an instant classic from the moment the players of both teams took the field by [[MundaneMadeAwesome walking through the corn]]. Many shook hands and exchanged words with Creator/KevinCostner as they went to take their place in their teams' lineups. The scoring started in the bottom of the first with the White Sox' Jose Abreu hitting the first MLB home run ever in the state of Iowa. Going into the ninth inning, it looked like a comfortable 7-4 White Sox victory until the Yankees put up four runs in the ninth on a pair of 2-run home runs by Aaron Judge (scoring Tyler Wade) and Giancarlo Stanton (scoring Joey Gallo). How did the White Sox answer, down 8-7 in the bottom of the ninth? A Tim Anderson two-run tape-measure shot to win it 9-8.

* The "Do not sell this field" scene when [[spoiler:"Moonlight" Graham leaves the field to save Karin, and he becomes the old Dr. Graham again - but suddenly ''everyone'', including Mark, can see the players]].

** The game itself was an instant classic from the moment the players of both teams took the field by walking through the corn. Many shook hands and exchanged words with Creator/KevinCostner as they went to take their place in their teams' lineups. The scoring started in the bottom of the first with the White Sox' Jose Abreu hitting the first MLB home run ever in the state of Iowa. Going into the ninth inning, it looked like a comfortable 7-4 White Sox victory until the Yankees put up four runs in the ninth on a pair of 2-run home runs by Aaron Judge (scoring Tyler Wade) and Giancarlo Stanton (scoring Joey Gallo). How did the White Sox answer, down 8-7 in the bottom of the ninth? A Tim Anderson two-run tape-measure shot to win it 9-8.

* In a meta sense, the MLB Field of Dreams game: Thirty years in the making, a celebration of the movie and of the game of baseball. It was originally intended to be held on the film field, until the league realized that upgrading the filming facilities to support a Major League Baseball game would destroy its authenticity. They built another ballpark for the game, one that would hold 8,000 fans (comparable to a AA stadium; the only professional baseball stadium near MLB level that has a comparable capacity is CHS Field in St. Paul, Minnesota, home of the AAA St. Paul Saints) 500 feet away, added a corn maze and other amenities. The game was held a year late due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

* Terrence's reveal that he saw the message about Moonlight Graham, too. All he does is step out of the shadows and bellow as only Creator/JamesEarlJones can, "Moonlight Graham!"

'''Terrence Mann:''' The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and that could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.

** James Earl Jones did the speech normally. The director wasn't satisfied, and told James to orate it with [[Large ham a little more ham]]. It worked.

* The final shot. [[TearJerker As Ray and his father play catch]], we see the headlights of hundreds of cars, lining up to watch the baseball game, just as Terrence and Karin predicted.

** MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Pay attention has the ballplayers behind him stop playing and start surrounding Terrence as his gives the speech.

* The final shot. As Ray and his father play catch, we see the headlights of hundreds of cars, lining up to watch the baseball game, just as Terrence and Karin predicted.

-->'''Terence Mann:''' Ray. People will come, Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. "Of course, we won't mind if you look around", you'll say. "It's only $20 per person". They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces.
-->'''Mark:''' Ray, when the bank opens in the morning, they'll foreclose.
-->'''Terence Mann:''' People will come Ray.
-->'''Mark:''' You're broke, Ray. You sell now, or you'll lose everything.
-->'''Terence Mann:''' The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and that could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.
* Amy Madigan's defense of literature in the face of MoralGuardians is fantastic.
-->'''Amy''': At least [my husband] is not a book burner, you Nazi cow.
* The "Do not sell this field" scene when [[spoiler: Burt Lancaster's character leaves the field to save Kevin and Amy's daughter, and he becomes old again - but suddenly ''everyone'' can see the players]].
* The final shot. Just... the final shot.