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Field of DreamsA magical baseball movie which landed a whole string of Oscar nominations and still ranks as one of Costner's finest on-screen hours.
Costner stars as Iowa corn-farmer Ray Kinsella, who responds to cryptic messages from beyond the grave ("If you build it, he will come") and builds a baseball field amid the corn to attract the ghosts of the disgraced 1919 White Sox team (led by a moving Liotta as Shoeless Joe Jackson).
The film, which ultimately serves as a metaphor for the ghosts of Ray's own past while providing an interesting spiritual flipside to John Sayles' White Sox drama Eight Men Out, is that rare thing, a poignant movie which manages to drain the tear ducts without ever resorting to cheap manipulation or clichéd sentiment.
Field Of Dreams also serves as a reminder of just how talented Costner is - a fact often forgotten in the face of such films as Waterworld and The Postman.
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