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Mike & Molly is a sitcom which premiered in September 2010. The show revolves around the lives of Mike Biggs, a police officer, and Molly Flynn, a schoolteacher, who meet at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting and fall in love. The series follows their relationship with each other and their two families.
Contents
1 Cast
1.1 Main cast
2 Main characters
2.1 Mike Biggs
2.2 Molly Flynn
3 Supporting characters
3.1 Carl McMillan
3.2 Victoria Flynn
3.3 Joyce Flynn
3.4 Samuel
3.5 Vincent Moranto
3.6 Peggy Biggs
3.7 Rosetta McMillan
3.8 Harry
4 Recurring characters
4.1 Christina
4.2 Brother Heywood
4.3 Jack Biggs
4.4 Captain Murphy
5 References
6 External links
Cast[edit]
Starring
Recurring/Guest
No appearances
Character
Season
Season 1
(2010-2011)
Season 2
(2011–2012)
Season 3
(2012–2013)
Season 4
(2013–2014)
Season 5
(2014–2015)
Season 6
(2016)
Main cast[edit]
Mike Biggs
Billy Gardell
Molly Flynn
Melissa McCarthy
Carl McMillan
Reno Wilson
Victoria Flynn
Katy Mixon
Joyce Flynn
Swoosie Kurtz
Samuel
Nyambi Nyambi
Vince Moranto
Louis Mustillo
Peggy Biggs
Rondi Reed
Rosetta McMillan
Cleo King Cleo King
Harry
David Anthony Higgins David Anthony Higgins David Anthony Higgins
Main characters[edit]
Mike Biggs[edit]
Mike Biggs
First appearance
"Pilot"
1x01, September 20th, 2010
Last appearance
"I See Love"
6x13, May 16th, 2016
Portrayed by
Billy Gardell
Information
Gender
Male
Occupation
Police officer
Family
Peggy Biggs (mother)
Jack Biggs (father)
Spouse(s)
Molly Flynn
Children
William Michael Biggs (Adoptive Son)
Unborn Child (Currently Expecting with Molly)
Relatives
Joyce Flynn-Moranto (mother-in-law)
Mr Flynn (father-in-law; deceased)
Victoria Flynn (Sister-in-law)
Vincent Moranto (step-father-in-law)
Religion
Roman Catholic
Nationality
American
Officer Michael "Mike" Biggs (Billy Gardell), is the lead male protagonist of the series. He is introduced in the first episode as a Chicago police officer with weight issues who attends a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous. It is here that he meets Molly Flynn. After Molly asks Mike to come and speak to her class at the school where she works, they begin dating in the second episode. Mike is regularly accompanied by his best friend, Carl McMillan, his partner on the police force, whom he joins for breakfast to chat about the state of their lives at a cafe where their waiter is always Samuel, an African immigrant who likes to make fun of Mike's weight. Mike and Molly got engaged in the season 1 finale, are married in the season 2 finale, and are still trying to conceive their first child as of the Season 4 premiere. In Season 5, though, Mike finds out that Molly went back on birth control without telling him due to the pain and frustration of two years when she was unable to conceive a child, and they resolve to pursue avenues like adoption as they still love each other and want to raise kids.
Molly Flynn[edit]
Molly Flynn-Biggs
First appearance
"Pilot"
1x01, September 20, 2010
Last appearance
"I See Love"
6x13, May 16, 2016
Portrayed by
Melissa McCarthy
Information
Gender
Female
Occupation
4th Grade Schoolteacher (Prior to Season 1-Season 4), Writer (Season 4-Present)
Family
Joyce Flynn-Moranto (mother)
Mr Flynn (father; deceased)
Victoria Flynn (Younger Sister)
Vince Moranto (step-father)
Spouse(s)
Mike Biggs
Children
William Michael Biggs (Adopted Son)
Unborn Child (expecting with Mike)
Relatives
Peggy Biggs (mother-in-law)
Jack Biggs (father-in-law)
Religion
Roman Catholic
Nationality
American
Molly Flynn-Biggs (Melissa McCarthy) is the lead female protagonist of the series. She is a fourth grade school teacher who attends the same Overeaters Anonymous class as Mike. She lives with her mother Joyce and her sister Victoria, while her mother's partner Vince Moranto is often seen at the house. She is very sweet, intelligent and caring, but she can be hypersensitive and has a very bad financial history thanks to a large amount of credit card debt. She and Mike married in the season 2 finale. She and Mike spent two years trying to have a child but put those plans on hold in Season 5. In Season 4, she quits her teaching job to pursue a career as a writer, and in Season 5 she has a huge success when her literary erotica novel is published by a major company. It is later revealed in a session with a psychologist that Mike's stabilizing presence, something she hasn't had since her father died, has allowed Molly to finally feel comfortable taking risks.
Melissa McCarthy won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011 for her portrayal of Molly Flynn.
Supporting characters[edit]
Carl McMillan[edit]
Carl McMillan
First appearance
"Pilot"
1x01, September 20, 2010
Last appearance
"I See Love"
6x13, May 16, 2016
Information
Gender
Male
Occupation
Police officer
Relatives
Rosetta McMillan (maternal grandmother)
Officer Carlton "Carl" Enoch McMillan (Reno Wilson) is Mike Biggs' best friend/surrogate brother and fellow officer on the police force. He lives with his grandma until the middle of Season 3, as he has not been able or motivated to find his own place. Until the middle of Season 2, he did not have a steady girlfriend, and Mike has frequently alluded to Carl employing prostitutes or having one-night stands with strippers. He is quick-witted with a dry sense of humor, and offers droll remarks on various situations. Carl and Samuel become roommates in Season 3. After a rather depressing break up with his girlfriend Christina (she leaves him for her ex-husband), he goes through a string of random women until towards the end of season 4, when he begins relationship with Molly's sister Victoria. In an episode before the Season 5 finale, this relationship sours when Carl announces to Mike that he plans to propose to Victoria, only to change his mind. Carl then gets angry with Victoria when she is relieved that he didn't propose, and that leads to a spiral in the Season 5 finale where he has broken up with her. He ends up having a huge fight with Mike when he feels like his best friend is siding with Molly's family over him, and this ultimately leads him to request a transfer so he won't have to work with Mike anymore. Eventually they work out their differences, as both of them hate their new partners and Carl defends Mike when the other cops (including several hard-core macho officers whom they both dislike) make fun of him. In the final episode, it's revealed that he and Victoria were secretly fooling around once again, but in a conversation with Peggy he admits that all of the old feelings were resurfacing, hinting that there's a possibility that they might become a couple again.
Victoria Flynn[edit]
Victoria Flynn (Katy Mixon) is Molly's dimwitted but kind, party girl sister who is often high on marijuana. (Policemen Mike and Carl take a "don't tell, we won't ask" attitude about her drug use.) She is employed as a beautician at a funeral home. She likes to have fun and sleeps around, frequently with married men, and her combination of not being particularly bright and being a pothead leads to her often losing or misplacing major items like her car. Harry has an almost obsessive crush on her, and she has on occasion gone on dates with him just to be nice. In Season 3, she starts to realize that Harry is the only man who's ever truly cared for her, and she finally kisses him. In an odd turn of events, he then announces he's gay. As of the end of Season 4, she is in a relationship with Carl, which lasts until the penultimate episode of Season 5 when they have a bitter break up. In the series finale, it's revealed that they're sleeping together, but it is hinted that there is the possibility of it becoming more serious.
Victoria demonstrates a very kind personality consistently through the series. On the night before Mike and Molly's wedding, she has a bonding moment with Molly, telling her that she and Christina worked together and got the church and hall ready despite all the drama that took place at the rehearsal. She also gives Molly a garter to wear which she had made from one of their deceased father's blue silk ties, covering the old, new, borrowed and blue tradition all in one and stating that in a way their father would be walking down the aisle with Molly, which moved both of them to happy tears. After Mike and Peggy got into a fight regarding Mike inviting his father to his wedding, Peggy refused to attend until Victoria talked to her (see below). Peggy changed her mind and told Mike she'd be going, and that it was all right that his father could attend. When Mike wondered aloud what made her change her mind, Victoria never mentions the discussion she had with her, knowing she got through to Peggy. When shown doing her job, she treats the bodies she's tasked to do the makeup on with respect and even wishes one luck on his journey to the other side. In a conversation with Mike while at work, she regretfully reveals what she had to do to make the corpse she was working on smile, which wasn't pleasant. She also reveals that she believes no matter what happens after ones dies they should look their best, demonstrating her kind personality.
Although she is generally dimwitted, high, or drunk (often all at once), Victoria is much more intelligent than other characters give her credit for. When Peggy got into a fight with Mike and announced that she would not attend his wedding because Mike was inviting his father, it was Victoria that convinced her to reconsider by pointing out how well Mike turned out because of Peggy's influence. She also pointed out that she could use the occasion to show Mike's father how well she's done since he left, the mistake he made by leaving, gave suggestions on what she could wear to the wedding to show off her legs (complimenting on how well they've held up) and even offered to help her with her makeup for the day. On that same episode, she has a conversation with Mike about death and what happens after one dies, and even explains her party attitude (she thinks it best to have as good a time as one can while alive). On another occasion Joyce revealed that she's leaving the house to Victoria in her will which irritated Molly (she later explained it to Molly that it wasn't because Victoria was the better choice because she'd take care of the house but because it would force Molly to leave and make a mark on the world, something Joyce was unable to do with her life). A drunk Molly tells Victoria that it was because Molly was Joyce's good daughter and Victoria was a mess. Victoria stood up to Molly, pointing out that she quit her teaching job (which resulted in Molly losing her pension and benefits) and was currently in severe debt due to her wild spending. She then revealed that all of her own credit cards were paid off, has never had nor ever will have any credit card debt and that she could afford a down payment on a house even if Joyce hadn't left her one. She also pointed out that at that moment she was sober and Molly was the mess before going upstairs to see how her stocks performed that day, demonstrating that she had good business sense, something Molly had no idea she possessed.
Joyce Flynn[edit]
Joyce Marilyn Flynn-Moranto (Swoosie Kurtz) is Molly and Victoria's mother. Her two daughters live in her home. She is a widow who began dating a widower named Vince Moranto in Season 1, and later became his fiancée. She is very modern and often attempts to act or dress younger than her age, and she drinks heavily. She has a hair-trigger temper and is sometimes rude to Mike, but he doesn't seem to care and she ultimately respects that he doesn't let her get away with her worst behavior. An example of this is when Mike is forced to arrest her at a checkpoint because she was driving after she'd be drinking. She is extremely hostile to him for a couple of days and after Molly arranges that they talk at a neutral location Joyce reveals that she was embarrassed and realized that she ran into 'an honest cop who was only doing his job'. She frequently teases Mike for his size and eating habits, even though it is revealed in multiple conversations that her late husband was also a very large man. In the Season 3 episode "Thanksgiving Is Cancelled", she marries Vince.
Samuel[edit]
Samuel/Babatunde (Nyambi Nyambi) is a sarcastic waiter at Abe's, where Mike and Carl eat. He is often seen hanging out with Carl and Mike, and despite frequently insulting them, he is considered their friend. He is from Africa and often refers to the suffering in his home country of Senegal (which he was apparently kicked out of[1]). As such, he does not sympathize with most problems his restaurant patrons bring to his attention, believing them to be "petty". He becomes Carl's roommate in Season 3. In Season 5, Samuel's real name is revealed to be Babatunde when he becomes the owner of Abe's Diner, now Abe's Hot Beef. He states the previous owner was so cheap he wouldn't buy him a badge with Babatunde on it, instead giving him a former employee's badge. He notes that the high cost of replacing the sign will keep the Abe's name intact until he can afford to proudly put up a sign for "Babatunde's Restaurant".
Vincent Moranto[edit]
Vincent Moranto (Louis Mustillo) is Joyce's on-and-off boyfriend in Season 1, who thereafter becomes her fiancé. He is a widower and tends to be chauvenistic and sarcastic, and also likes to openly discuss his sex life, one of the main reasons neither Mike nor Molly seek out his company nor spend more time around him than required. He is a high school dropout and can come across as unintelligent, though the series has shown or mentioned he had made a lot of money in the past through his various enterprises (some of which may be a bit "shady"). In the second-to-last episode of Season 2, it is revealed he is technically still married to a much older woman. (Vince claims that at the time of their marriage, the woman was "a very do-able 60-year old.") Joyce throws out Vince when she learns of the marriage at Mike & Molly's wedding rehearsal.[2] Vince actually hadn't seen the woman in several years, outside of a few attempts to get her to sign divorce papers, which she consistently refused because Vince still owes her $2,000 "plus interest." Mike negotiates with the woman to sign the divorce papers in exchange for $5,000 from Vince and the opportunity to kick Vince in the crotch. Joyce and Vince reconcile, and in the Season 3 episode "Thanksgiving Is Cancelled", they get married. Vince put off marrying her because he was broke. Although Molly knew he was a widower, she didn't know that he was broke due to his having to take care of his late wife when she got sick and eventually passed away until he explained it to her. When he explained how he stayed by her side and took care of her during her illness, Molly warmed up to Vince and even helped him cook a Thanksgiving dinner that he was forced to prepare on his own. In Season 5, he becomes an investor and silent partner in Abe's Diner, after Samuel assumes ownership.
Peggy Biggs[edit]
Margaret 'Peggy' Biggs (Rondi Reed) is Mike's mother. She is very controlling and traditional, as well as grumpy and cranky. Peggy frequently expects Mike to do her bidding at the drop of a hat, which made her initially cold toward Molly becoming a part of Mike's life. She has since warmed up some to Molly, and began working as a lunch lady at Molly's school in Season 2. Her tendency to lie when the truth isn't kind to her connected with that job when she told Molly she had "retired"; she'd actually been fired for being impossible to work with. Mike usually plays along with her revisionist history, but finally gets pushed too far in this case and tells Peggy she got fired because she is bitter, toxic and unlikable by anyone. She is divorced, living alone with her dog "Jim" (she even turned over Mike's old room to Jim) and often talks about her ex-husband, Jack, leaving her and running away with a "whore". Her longtime courtship of a sweet-natured and unsuccessful fellow Catholic named Dennis ended badly when she finally decided she was ready for them to have sex, only to realize he'd suffered a heart attack and died. A shocked Peggy tried to blame it on a sour lemon cake Molly had prepared for her birthday, only to have a no-longer-afraid Molly jab Peggy about her ham-fisted efforts to cover up her death-blocked seduction of Dennis. Despite her obvious disdain for Jack, the two sleep together after Mike and Molly's wedding rehearsal, but Peggy dumps him immediately after. She has a gift for writing that Molly surprisingly discovered during her own successful effort to start a career as an author, and Peggy's sordid past romantic exploits become the basis for Molly's second novel. Peggy reveals that she has always felt guilty for leaving her abusive home at an early age, while her mother was stuck with a drunken batterer for a husband. She also has a sister who still lives in their hometown with whom she has feuded since their teenage years, but they eventually reconciled in Season 5. As the series ends, Peggy remained both manipulative and decent-hearted, from playing on tension between Molly and Mike when she suffers a heart attack that Mike felt Molly caused (Peggy confirmed she didn't) and nearly getting her ass kicked by Joyce when she tries to guilt Mike into moving back home, but being reassured by Mike that while he won't move back home then or ever he still will make sure she's part of her grandchild's life.
Rosetta McMillan[edit]
Rosetta McMillan 'Nana' (Cleo King) is Carl's grandmother. She apparently raised Carl since his childhood, and Carl still lives in her house. She is very traditional and has professed that Carl is a very special part of her life, but she is outwardly annoyed by his immature behavior. She has a big heart and is very friendly toward Mike, who calls her "Nana." She has been known to treat Mike as if he were also her grandson, and Mike frequently goes to Rosetta for advice about his relationship with Molly, rather than to his own mother. Despite her advancing age, she is shown to have a large sexual appetite, including an ongoing relationship with the preacher from her church. (Being only seven years older than Reno Wilson in real life, King wears a wig and makeup to appear older.) Nana is a singer; she leads the choir at church, and the presence of gold records on the wall of her house indicates she had a career as a recording artist or session vocalist.
Harry[edit]
Harry (David Anthony Higgins) attends the same Overeaters Anonymous meetings as Mike and Molly, and becomes their friend. He is depicted as socially awkward and lonely, and tends to say whatever is on his mind, even thoughts that make him seem pathetic. Harry initially pursued Victoria as a love interest. The two dated once, and while it is suggested that Victoria does so out of sympathy, they attended a few other events as friends and Harry has been visibly happy to spend time with her in any capacity. In Season 3, after he finally receives a kiss from her, he announces that he's gay (to everyone's surprise except Joyce and Carl). Vince tends to speak for the group in one sense by constantly making fun of Harry and wondering why he's invited to any of their events, while Mike responds by saying they all basically like Harry even though he can be incredibly annoying.
Recurring characters[edit]
Christina[edit]
Christina (Holly Robinson Peete) is Carl's girlfriend, beginning in Season 2. She is a single mother with a young son, and works as an optometrist. When Carl runs away from her after learning about her kid, she lets Carl know that he's a coward and loser who isn't worth her time. However, she accepts his later explanation about never knowing his father, and they become a committed couple. She later becomes Molly's friend. As of Season 3, she has decided to try and reconcile with her ex-husband for the sake of their son, and breaks things off with Carl. After Christina makes several negative remarks about Carl during a conversation with Molly, Molly drops her as a friend.
Brother Heywood[edit]
Brother Heywood (Reginald VelJohnson) is the preacher at Carl and Rosetta's church. It is strongly hinted (and later openly revealed) that he and Rosetta are in a sexual relationship. He officiated at Mike and Molly's wedding, after Molly was too honest with the priest at Mike's Catholic church and the two were forced to look elsewhere.
Jack Biggs[edit]
Jack Biggs (Francis Guinan) is Mike's father, who left Mike and his mother many years ago to run off with a woman whom Peggy simply refers to as "the whore." He first appears at Mike's bachelor party in Season 2 and tearfully apologizes to his son for running away, to which Mike honestly tells his father he loves him and is glad he will be at the wedding. After Peggy and he sleep together, he decides he wants to reconcile with her (his marriage to "the whore" is rapidly disintegrating) but Peggy bluntly says she only used him for sex and has zero interest in him now that he's served his purpose.
Captain Murphy[edit]
Captain Patrick Murphy (Gerald McRaney) is Mike's boss on the Chicago Police force. Early in Season 3, he offers Mike courtside seats at a basketball game in exchange for Mike setting him up with Peggy. Soon after, Captain Murphy and Peggy begin dating. Peggy refers to him as "Paddy", though Mike doesn't dare call him that.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Episode 1.21: "Samuel Gets Fired"
Jump up ^ Episode 2:22: "The Rehearsal" at cbs.com
External links[edit]
Official website
List of Mike & Molly characters on IMDb
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Field of Dreams
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For other uses, see Field of Dreams (disambiguation).
Field of Dreams
Promotional poster by Olga Kaljakin
Directed by
Phil Alden Robinson
Produced by
Lawrence Gordon
Charles Gordon
Screenplay by
Phil Alden Robinson
Based on
Shoeless Joe
by W.P. Kinsella
Starring
Kevin Costner
Amy Madigan
James Earl Jones
Ray Liotta
Burt Lancaster
Music by
James Horner
Cinematography
John Lindley
Edited by
Ian Crafford
Distributed by
Universal Pictures (USA)
TriStar Pictures/Carolco Pictures (International)
Release date
April 21, 1989 (1989-04-21)
Running time
107 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$15 million[2][3]
Box office
$84.4 million[4]
Field of Dreams is a 1989 American fantasy-drama sports film directed by Phil Alden Robinson, who also wrote the screenplay, adapting W. P. Kinsella's novel Shoeless Joe. It stars Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta and Burt Lancaster in his final role. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, including for Best Original Score, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.
In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5]
Contents
[hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Casting
3.2 Filming
3.3 Field
3.4 Music
4 Historical connections
5 Release and reception
6 Honors
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
Ray Kinsella is a novice Iowa farmer who lives with his wife, Annie, and daughter, Karin. In the opening narration, he explains how he had a troubled relationship with his father, John Kinsella, who had been a devoted baseball fan. While walking through his cornfield one evening, he hears a voice whispering, "If you build it, he will come." He continues hearing this before finally seeing a vision of a baseball diamond in his field. Annie is skeptical, but she allows him to plow the corn under in order to build a baseball field. As he builds, he tells Karin the story of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. Months pass and nothing happens; his family faces financial ruin until, one night, Karin spots a uniformed man on the field. Ray recognizes him as Shoeless Joe Jackson, a deceased baseball player idolized by John. Thrilled to be able to play baseball again, he asks to bring others to the field to play. He later returns with the seven other players banned as a result of the 1919 scandal.
Ray's brother-in-law, Mark, can't see the players and warns him that he will go bankrupt unless he replants his corn. While in the field, Ray hears the voice again, this time urging him to "ease his pain."
Ray attends a PTA meeting at which the possible banning of books by radical author Terence Mann is discussed. He decides the voice was referring to Mann. He comes across a magazine interview dealing with Mann's childhood dream of playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. After Ray and Annie both dream about him and Mann attending a baseball game together at Fenway Park, he convinces her that he should seek out Mann. He heads to Boston and persuades a reluctant, embittered Mann to attend a game with him at Fenway Park. While there, he hears the voice again, this time urging him to "go the distance." At the same time, the scoreboard "shows" statistics for a player named Archibald "Moonlight" Graham, who played one game for the New York Giants in 1922, but never had a turn at bat. After the game, Mann eventually admits that he, too, saw it.
Ray and Mann then travel to Chisholm, Minnesota where they learn that Graham had become a doctor and had died sixteen years earlier. During a late night walk, Ray finds himself back in 1972 and encounters the then-living Graham, who states that he had moved on from his baseball career. He also says that the greater disappointment would have been not having a medical career. He declines Ray's invitation to fulfill his dream; however, during the drive back home, Ray picks up a young hitchhiker who introduces himself as Archie Graham. While Archie sleeps, Ray reveals to Mann that John had wanted him to live out his dream of being a baseball star. He stopped playing catch with him after reading one of Mann's books at 14. At 17, he had denounced Shoeless Joe as a criminal to John and that was the reason for the rift between them. Ray expresses regret that he didn't get a chance to make things right before John died. When they arrive back at Ray's farm, they find that enough players have arrived to field two teams. A game is played and Archie finally gets his turn at bat.
The Field of Dreams, Dyersville, Iowa—May 2006
The next morning, Mark returns and demands that Ray sell the farm. Karin says that they will not need to because people will pay to watch the ballgames. Mann agrees, saying that "people will come" in order to relive their childhood innocence. Ray, after much thought, refuses and a frustrated Mark scuffles with him, during which Karin is accidentally knocked off the bleachers. The young Graham runs from the field to help, becoming old Graham, complete with Gladstone bag, the instant he steps off of it, and saves Karin from choking (she had been eating a hot dog when she fell). Ray realizes that Graham sacrificed his young self in order to save her. After reassuring Ray that his true calling was medicine and being commended by the other players, Graham leaves, disappearing into the corn. Suddenly, Mark is able to see the players and urges Ray not to sell the farm.
After the game, Shoeless Joe invites Mann to enter the corn; he accepts and disappears into it. Ray is angry at not being invited, but Shoeless Joe rebukes him: if he really wants a reward for having sacrificed so much, then he had better stay on the field. Shoeless Joe then glances towards a player at home plate, saying "If you build it, he will come." The player then removes his mask, and Ray recognizes him to be John as a young man. Shocked, Ray realizes that "ease his pain" referred to John, and believes that Shoeless Joe was the voice all along; however, Joe implies that the voice was Ray himself. Joe then disappears into the corn.
Ray introduces John to Annie and Karin. As he heads towards the corn, Ray asks him if he wants to play a game of catch. They begin to play and Annie happily watches. Meanwhile, hundreds of cars can be seen approaching the baseball field, fulfilling Karin and Mann's prophecy that people will come to watch baseball.
Cast[edit]
Kevin Costner as Ray Kinsella
Amy Madigan as Annie Kinsella
James Earl Jones as Terence Mann
Timothy Busfield as Mark
Kelly Coffield Park as Dee
Frank Whaley as Archie Graham
Gaby Hoffmann as Karin Kinsella
Dwier Brown as John Kinsella
Fern Persons as Annie's mother
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe Jackson
Burt Lancaster as Archibald "Moonlight" Graham
Art LaFleur as Chick Gandil
Michael Milhoan as Buck Weaver
Steve Eastin as Eddie Cicotte
Charles Hoyes as Swede Risberg
Ben Affleck as Baseball Fan At Fenway Park
Matt Damon as Baseball Fan At Fenway Park
Production[edit]
Phil Alden Robinson read Shoeless Joe in 1981 and liked it so much that he brought it to producers Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon. Lawrence Gordon worked for 20th Century Fox, part of the time as its president, and repeatedly mentioned that the book should be adapted into a film. The studio, however, always turned down the suggestion because they felt the project was too esoteric and noncommercial. Meanwhile, Robinson went ahead with his script, frequently consulting W. P. Kinsella, the book's author, for advice on the adaptation. Lawrence Gordon left Fox in 1986 and started pitching the adaptation to other studios. Universal Studios accepted the project in 1987 and hired USC coach Rod Dedeaux as baseball advisor. Dedeaux brought along World Series champion and USC alumnus Don Buford to coach the actors.[6]
The film was shot using the novel's title; eventually, an executive decision was made to rename it Field of Dreams. Robinson did not like the idea saying he loved Shoeless Joe, and that the new title was better suited for one about dreams deferred. Later, Kinsella told Robinson that his originally chosen title for the book had been The Dream Field and that the title Shoeless Joe had been imposed by the publisher.[7]
Casting[edit]
Robinson and the producers did not originally consider Kevin Costner for the part of Ray because they did not think that he would want to follow Bull Durham with another baseball film. He, however, did end up reading the script and became interested in the project, stating that he felt it would be "this generation's It's a Wonderful Life". Since Robinson's directing debut In the Mood had been a commercial failure, Costner also said that he would help him with the production. Amy Madigan, a fan of the book, joined the cast as Ray's wife, Annie. In the book, the writer Ray seeks out is real-life author J.D. Salinger. When Salinger threatened the production with a lawsuit if his name was used, Robinson decided to rewrite the character as reclusive Terence Mann. He wrote with James Earl Jones in mind because he thought it would be fun to see Ray trying to kidnap such a big man. Robinson had originally envisioned Shoeless Joe Jackson as being played by an actor in his 40s, someone who would be older than Costner and who could thereby act as a father surrogate. Ray Liotta did not fit that criterion, but Robinson thought he would be a better fit for the part because he had the "sense of danger" and ambiguity which Robinson wanted in the character. Burt Lancaster had originally turned down the part of Moonlight Graham, but changed his mind after a friend, who was also a baseball fan, told him that he had to work on the film.[6]
Filming[edit]
Filming began on May 25, 1988. The shooting schedule was built around Costner's availability because he would be leaving in August to film Revenge. Except for some weather delays and other time constraints, production rolled six days a week. The interior scenes were the first ones shot because the cornfield planted by the filmmakers was taking too long to grow. Irrigation had to be used to quickly grow the corn to Costner's height. Primary shot locations were in Dubuque County, Iowa; a farm near Dyersville was used for the Kinsella home; an empty warehouse in Dubuque was used to build various interior sets. Galena, Illinois served as Moonlight Graham's Chisholm, Minnesota.[6] One week was spent on location shots in Boston, most notably Fenway Park.[8]
Robinson, despite having a sufficient budget as well as the cast and crew he wanted, constantly felt tense and depressed during filming. He felt that he was under too much pressure to create an outstanding film, and that he was not doing justice to the original novel. Lawrence Gordon convinced him that the end product would be effective.[6]
During a lunch with the Iowa Chamber of Commerce, Robinson broached his idea of a final scene in which headlights could be seen for miles along the horizon. The Chamber folks replied that it could be done and the shooting of the final scene became a community event. The film crew was hidden on the farm to make sure the aerial shots did not reveal them. Dyersville was then blacked out and local extras drove their vehicles to the field. In order to give the illusion of movement, the drivers were instructed to continuously switch between their low and high beams.
Field[edit]
The baseball field from the film
Scenes of the Kinsella farm were taken on the property of Don Lansing; some of the baseball field scenes were shot on the neighboring farm of Al Ameskamp. Because the shooting schedule was too short for grass to naturally grow, the experts on sod laying responsible for Dodger Stadium and the Rose Bowl were hired to create the baseball field. Part of the process involved painting the turf green. [6]
After shooting, Ameskamp again grew corn on his property; Lansing maintained his as a tourist destination.[6] He did not charge for admission or parking, deriving revenue solely from the souvenir shop. By the film's twentieth anniversary, approximately 65,000 people visited annually.[9] In July 2010, the farm containing the "Field" was listed as for sale.[10] It was sold on October 31, 2011, to Go The Distance Baseball, LLC, for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around $5.4 million.[11]
In January 2018, a man went off-roading on the field, causing large tire gashes and damaging the sprinkler system. The following week, he turned himself in and was charged with felony mischief. [12]
Music[edit]
At first, James Horner was unsure if he could work on the film due to scheduling restrictions. Then he watched a rough cut and was so moved that he accepted the job of scoring it. Robinson had created a temp track which was disliked by Universal executives. When the announcement of Horner as composer was made, they felt more positive because they expected a big orchestral score, similar to Horner's work for An American Tail. Horner, in contrast, liked the temporary score, finding it "quiet and kind of ghostly." He decided to follow the idea of the temp track, creating an atmospheric soundtrack which would "focus on the emotions".[6] In addition to Horner's score, portions of several pop songs are heard during the film. They are listed in the following order in the closing credits:
"Crazy", written by Willie Nelson and performed by Beverly D'Angelo
"Daydream", written by John Sebastian and performed by The Lovin' Spoonful
"Jessica", written by Dickey Betts and performed by The Allman Brothers Band
"China Grove", written by Tom Johnston and performed by The Doobie Brothers
"Lotus Blossom", written by Billy Strayhorn and performed by Duke Ellington
Historical connections[edit]
The character played by Burt Lancaster and Frank Whaley, Archibald "Moonlight" Graham, is based on an actual baseball player with the same name. His character is largely true to life except for a few factual liberties taken for artistic reasons. For instance, the real Graham's lone major league game occurred in June 1905,[13] rather than on the final day of the 1922 season. The real Graham also died in 1965, as opposed to 1972 as the film depicts. In the film, Terence Mann interviews a number of people about Graham. The DVD special points out that the facts they gave him were taken from articles written about the real one.
Release and reception[edit]
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Universal scheduled the film to open in the U.S. on April 21, 1989.It debuted in just a few theaters and was gradually released to more screens so that it would have a spot among the summer blockbusters. It ended up playing until December.[6]
As of June 2017, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes rates the film 86%, based on 57 reviews with an average score of 7.9 out of 10. The consensus states: "Field of Dreams is sentimental, but in the best way; it's a mix of fairy tale, baseball, and family togetherness."[14]
Honors[edit]
In June 2008, after having polled over 1,500 people in the creative community, AFI revealed its "Ten Top Ten" — the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres. The film was acknowledged as the sixth best one in the fantasy genre.[15][16]
American Film Institute Lists
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies—nominated[17]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes:
"If you build it, he will come."—#39
AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores—nominated[18]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers—#28
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)—nominated[19]
AFI's 10 Top 10—#6 Fantasy Film
See also[edit]
Baseball portal
Film in the United States portal
List of ghost films
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Field of Dreams (1989)". IMDb. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
Jump up ^ Laff at the Movies (April 20, 2012). "Review: "Touchback" Is an Inspiring Drama that Will Make You Smile". Grand Rapids, MI: WOOD-TV. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
Jump up ^ "'Field of Dreams'". JeffCarneyFilms.com. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Box Office Information for 'Field of Dreams'". Box Office Mojo. August 26, 2013.
Jump up ^ "2017 National Film Registry Is More Than a 'Field of Dreams'". Retrieved December 13, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "The 'Field of Dreams' Scrapbook". Field of Dreams (DVD). [full citation needed]
Jump up ^ Easton, Nina J. (April 21, 1989). "Diamonds Are Forever : Director Fields the Lost Hopes of Adolescence". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Production Notes". Field of Dreams (DVD). [full citation needed]
Jump up ^ King, Susan (December 15, 2009). "'Field of Dreams' Screens to Mark 20th Anniversary". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ Grossfeld, Stan (July 20, 2010). "Living in a Dream World?". Boston Globe. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
Jump up ^ Wilson, Greg (October 31, 2011). "'Field of Dreams' Iowa Farm Sold for Millions". Chicago: WMAQ-TV. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
Jump up ^ https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/man-who-tore-up-field-of-dreams-identified-and-arrested/ar-BBIAgm3?li=BBnba9I
Jump up ^ "Moonlight Graham". Retrosheet.org. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
Jump up ^ "'Field of Dreams'". Rotten Tomatoes.
Jump up ^ "AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres" (Press release). American Film Institute. June 17, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008 – via ComingSoon.net.
Jump up ^ "Top 10 Fantasy". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
Jump up ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Nominees" (PDF). American Film Institute. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
Jump up ^ "AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores: Honoring America's Greatest Film Music" (PDF) (Official ballot). American Film Institute. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
Jump up ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies" (PDF) (Official ballot) (10th Anniversary ed.). American Film Institute. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
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I'm Not Gonna Miss You
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"I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
Song by Glen Campbell and The Wrecking Crew
from the album Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me soundtrack
Released
September 30, 2014
Format
Digital download
Recorded
January, 2013 Sunset Sound
Genre
Country
Length
2:56[1]
Songwriter(s)
Glen Campbell
Julian Raymond
Producer(s)
Raymond
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" is a song recorded by American country music artist Glen Campbell and The Wrecking Crew. Co-written by Campbell and producer Julian Raymond, the song was released on September 30, 2014 for the soundtrack to the documentary Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me, which focuses on the singer's diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and his final tour.[2]
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" is the last song to be recorded by Campbell.[3] The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards. During the ceremony, the song was performed by Tim McGraw.[4] It also won Grammy Award for Best Country Song.[5]
Background[edit]
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" was initiated by Julian Raymond who pitched an idea of recording the song to James Keach, director of Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me, who eventually decided to use the footage of the recording session as one the final scenes in the documentary.[2] Raymond discussed the inspiration behind the song:[2]
“ [Campbell] had a hard day of people asking him about Alzheimer's and how he felt about it. He didn't talk too much about it, but came up to me and said, 'I don’t know what everybody's worried about. It's not like I’m going to miss anyone, anyway.' [...] The song by design is simple. I knew we couldn’t do something like "Wichita Lineman" that had complicated key changes or bigger-range stuff. ”
The song was recorded over four takes within one day. The song also features the members of The Wrecking Crew, the band that Campbell has collaborated with before.[2] It was recorded in January 2013 in Los Angeles, and is part of the soundtrack for Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me which premiered on October 24, 2014.[6][7]
Accolades[edit]
Year
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Category
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2015
87th Academy Awards Best Original Song Nominated [4]
2015
57th Annual Grammy Awards Best Country Song Won [5]
2015
Best Song Written for Visual Media Nominated [5]
2015
19th Satellite Awards Best Original Song Nominated [8]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "I'm Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell,Wrecking Crew". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Ayers, Mike (February 19, 2015). "Oscars 2015: The Story Behind Glen Campbell’s ‘I’m Not Gonna Miss You’". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
Jump up ^ Betts, Stephen L. (September 8, 2014). "Glen Campbell's Final Song to Be Released This Month". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Whitaker, Sterling (January 22, 2015). "Tim McGraw Pays Touching Tribute to Glen Campbell at 2015 OscarsRead More: Tim McGraw Pays Tribute to Glen Campbell at 2015 Oscars". Taste of Country. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c Shetler, Scott (February 8, 2015). "Glen Campbell’s ‘I’m Not Gonna Miss You’ Wins 2015 Grammy Award for Best Country Song". The Boot. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
Jump up ^ Brandle, Lars (October 13, 2014). "Glen Campbell Releases His Final Song 'I'm Not Gonna Miss You': Watch". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
Jump up ^ Kreps, Daniel (October 12, 2014). "Glen Campbell Shares Poignant Last Music Video 'I'm Not Gonna Miss You'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
Jump up ^ Pond, Steve (February 16, 2015). "Satellite Awards: Complete Winners List". TheWrap. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
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Studio albums
Big Bluegrass Special
Too Late to Worry - Too Blue to Cry
The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell
The Big Bad Rock Guitar of Glen Campbell
Burning Bridges
Gentle on My Mind
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Hey Little One
A New Place in the Sun
Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
That Christmas Feeling
Wichita Lineman
Galveston
True Grit
Try a Little Kindness
Oh Happy Day
Norwood
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album
The Last Time I Saw Her
Anne Murray / Glen Campbell
The Artistry of Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell
I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star)
I Remember Hank Williams
Houston (I'm Comin' to See You)
Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb
Ernie Sings & Glen Picks
Rhinestone Cowboy
Bloodline
Southern Nights
Basic
Highwayman
Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like
It's the World Gone Crazy
Old Home Town
Letter to Home
No More Night
It's Just a Matter of Time
Still Within the Sound of My Voice
Light Years
Favorite Hymns
Walkin' in the Sun
Unconditional Love
Show Me Your Way
Rock-A-Doodle
Wings of Victory
Somebody Like That
Home for the Holidays
The Boy in Me
Christmas with Glen Campbell
A Glen Campbell Christmas
My Hits and Love Songs
Love Is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love
Meet Glen Campbell
Ghost on the Canvas
See You There
I'll Be Me soundtrack
Adiós
Live albums
Glen Campbell Live
Live in Japan
Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Glen Campbell Live
Glen Campbell Live! His Greatest Hits
Glen Campbell in Concert with the South Dakota Symphony
Through the Years Live - Ultimate Collection
Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb: In Session
Compilations
Country Shindig
The 12 String Guitar of Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell Plays 12 String Guitar
Portrait
Country Soul
Country Music Star No. 1
The Glen Campbell Album
Limited Collector's Edition
A Satisfied Mind
Glen Campbell's Greatest Hits
Gentle on My Mind
The Good Time Songs of Glen Campbell
I'll Paint You a Song
Arkansas
The Best of Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell's Twenty Golden Greats
The Great Hits of Glen Campbell
The Glen Campbell Collection
All I Have to Do Is Dream
The Very Best of Glen Campbell
Presents His Hits in Concert
Classics Collection
Greatest Country Hits
Best of the Early Years
Merry Christmas
All-Time Greatest Hits
The Essential Glen Campbell Volume One
The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Two
The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Three
Jesus and Me: The Collection
Home at Last
The Glen Campbell Collection (1962–1989) Gentle on My Mind
The Capitol Years 65/77
Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988
Love Songs
Glen Campbell Christmas
Super Hits
20 Greatest Hits
Rhinestone Cowboy/Bloodline The Lambert & Potter Sessions 1975–1976
Southern Nights/Basic
All the Best
The Legacy (1961–2002)
Rhinestone Cowboy (New Studio Recordings)
Glen Campbell Collection
Rhinestone Cowboy Live, on the Air & in the Studio
Sings the Best of Jimmy Webb 1967–1992
The Platinum Collection
Classic Campbell
Words and Music
Greatest Hits
Singles
"Turn Around, Look at Me"
"Too Late to Worry - Too Blue to Cry"
"Long Black Limousine"
"Guess I'm Dumb"
"Universal Soldier"
"Gentle on My Mind"
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
"Hey Little One"
"I Wanna Live"
"Dreams of the Everyday Housewife"
"Wichita Lineman"
"Let It Be Me" (with Bobbie Gentry)
"Galveston"
"Where's the Playground Susie"
"True Grit"
"Try a Little Kindness"
"Honey Come Back"
"All I Have to Do Is Dream" (with Bobbie Gentry)
"Oh Happy Day"
"Everything a Man Could Ever Need"
"It's Only Make Believe"
"Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"
"The Last Time I Saw Her"
"I Say a Little Prayer"
"Oklahoma Sunday Morning"
"Manhattan, Kansas"
"Bonaparte's Retreat"
"Rhinestone Cowboy"
"Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)"
"Don't Pull Your Love/Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"
"Southern Nights"
"Sunflower"
"I Love How You Love Me"
"Faithless Love"
"A Lady Like You"
"It's Just a Matter of Time"
"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (with Steve Wariner)
"Still Within the Sound of My Voice"
"I Remember You"
"I Have You"
"She's Gone, Gone, Gone"
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
Related articles
Discography
Collaborative discography
Videos
The Beach Boys
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Ashley Campbell
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