“They’ll watch the game and it’ll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters.

His character launches into a poetic monologue, convincing Ray Kinsella not to sell the farm but, instead, sell tickets. James Earl Jones, who played writer Terence Mann, did not make an appearance. … And Dwier and (Costner’s) relationship, short as it was in the movie, speaks to all of us,” Busfield said. “We all, at the end of our lives, wish we had a perfect relationship with our parents as they die. Timothy Busfield, who played Costner’s frustrated brother-in-law, noted that the thick crowd gathered tightly on bleachers Friday night reminded him of the 1960s, a major thematic decade in the film. I grew up on a farm in Ohio so being back here on a farm in Iowa, and my dad so recently dead, and playing catch was quite an experience for me,” Brown said.īrown added that the kindness of Iowans and those on the set still made it a great experience. In a heart-felt moment of the film, Ray Kinsella meets the manifestation of his young father and asks, “Hey dad, wanna have a catch?” About 60,000 people visit the set each year.ĭuring the interview, Costas revealed that Dwier Brown, who portrays Costner’s father, lost his own dad about a month before filming. Kinsella called “Shoeless Joe.” Kinsella - also the surname of Costner’s character in the film - attended the Iowa Writer’s Workshop in the 1970s. The 1989 film that immortalized the small town of Dyersville, Iowa, was based off of a book by W.P.

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