History approach to Field of Dreams

“If you build it, he will come.” This short but significant quote from the movie Field of Dreams has grown a wide spread popularity all around the globe ever since 1989 when it came out in theater's. The historical baseball loving film has left a great effect on certain people. The other viewers that just think it’s a “good” or “okay” movie don’t know about the approach of historical facts behind the film, or how it’s been so successfully responded to by audiences all over.
People can “go the distance” and enjoy the film Field of Dreams much more once they’ve learned the historical background of it. The movie is about pursuing one’s dreams, no matter how much effort it took. It is also based on a book called Shoeless Joe Jackson comes to Iowa. The director Phil Alden Robinson wanted the setting to look just like the book described so readers and viewers could get all the connections. It was filmed in Iowa at a century-old place called Lansing Farm. The baseball field was constructed in three days and the filming lasted fourteen weeks. People do come to visit the farm, and the diamond created for the movie still has the same intentions as it did for the film, a place for peace, relaxation and dreams.
Another historic part of this film is the two men who played the part of legendary baseball star’s Shoeless Joe Jackson and Midnight Graham. Shoeless Joe Jackson played for the White Sox and was pulled away from the World Series for his “Black Sox Scandal”. In the film, Field of Dreams, he is described just as he really was in real life. A deadly hitter and one of the greatest left fielders in the history of baseball. Moonlight Graham, know as Archie Graham, played on the major league team the New York Giants. His story was unique because he retired from professional baseball the same day he made the team because he was the “rookie” and the manager pulled him out five minutes after the game started and he never got to bat against a big league pitcher. He then went on to pursue the rest of his dreams and become a children's physician. In the movie he finally did get his time at bat for just five minutes then when the little girl gets sick and he becomes a doctor and saves her. Therefore, in the film it was shown on the field that he fulfilled both his dreams he had.
Viewers of this movie have responded greatly. The film became an Academy Award nominee for “Best Picture of the Year.” It was also acknowledged as the sixth best film in the fantasy genre. People come from all over to view the Baseball field movie sight in Iowa. There is even bumper stickers that are seen everywhere that say “Is this heaven? Iowa”. There are several other movies that refer to the certain line in the movie, “If you build it, he will come.”
Of course all baseball fanatics have enjoyed this movie and have given it great reviews.
The historical approach to the film Field of Dreams was to honor old baseball legends in a unique way of bringing dreams to reality. It shows that when people believe in fate or signs they fight for something they believe in no matter how much it takes. In this case, it was for the love of baseball.