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Thousands gather in Dyersville for 'Field of Dreams' anniversary

A quarter of a century after its release, "Field of Dreams" is still widely considered one of the greatest baseball films ever made.

Thousands gather in Dyersville for 'Field of Dreams' anniversary
A quarter of a century after its release, "Field of Dreams" is still widely considered one of the greatest baseball films ever made.
WEBVTT A quarter of a century after its release, "Field of Dreams" is still widely considered one of the greatest baseball films ever made. This weekend, thousands gathered at the Dyersville movie site to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the film. For today's second and final day, inside how this movie still strikes those at the core of its production. Forrest Saunders has the story. "I have just created something totally illogical," Totally illogical. That's what you could call a film in which an Iowa farmer hears voices telling him to build a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. NAT CATCH Yet, 25 years after the release of "Field of Dreams" an impressive 12- thousand are expected to show up at the movie site to celebrate the anniversary, this weekend. Dyersville "Greatest movie of all time. I actually got my six- year-old boy to watch that and we just fell in love with it," Chris Dvorak drove about 300 miles from Omaha, Nebraska to be here. He says it was well worth the road trip to live his favorite scene from the film with his son. "It's the quote, the line of 'You wanna have a catch?' That's a big thing-- that's a big thing for a lot of dads," Chris Dvorak Father The book Shoeless Joe by author W. P. Kinsella, was the inspiration for "Field of Dreams". The film was made for a modest 15-million. It grossed more than 5 times that at the box office, 84 million worldwide. And, is still considered an important work to "Field of Dreams" star, Kevin Costner. "Obviously, you want to make the best film you can make. But it certainly was a high mark for me, this little movie, and has remained so," Kevin Costner Actor "Roughly 25 years," It's been that long, but Ken Kieser can still remeber coming here with friends to watch the filming of Field of Dreams. "Wanted to come out here and see what it was all about and see if they could see Kevin Costner, and they did," Ken Kieser Elizabeth, IL While he says some changes have been made to the movie site over the years one thing has remained constant "The attitude of the people," "It's the Field of Dreams for everybody," and a dream come true for fathers like Chris. "I just got the biggest smile on my face as soon as we pulled up, the biggest smile," Here's one last little Field of Dreams factoid. Finish the quote: "If you build it..." If you said, "they will come," you're wrong. It's actually: "If you build it, he will come." The Daily Telegraph lists the line as one of the "10 most misquoted
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Thousands gather in Dyersville for 'Field of Dreams' anniversary
A quarter of a century after its release, "Field of Dreams" is still widely considered one of the greatest baseball films ever made.
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