Dir: Philip Alden Robinson, 1989 (10*)

A spiritual fantasy and one of the most uplifting films in history. Kevin Costner (as Roy Kinsella) owns a small corn farm in Iowa and is having trouble making ends meet. One day he hears voices in the field, and after acting on them, the locals think he’s nuts, but he himself embarks on a quest that tranforms himself and everyone he contacts, including James Earl Jones, a former political activist, and Burt Lancaster, a doctor who once played one day in the major leagues, and Amy Madigan as his wife. This is not a baseball film, the field itself becomes a metaphor, a gateway to the spiritual realm. From the novel by R.R. Kinsella, cinema magic and modern myth-making at its finest.