Field of Dreams

written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson

Release: 21 April 1989
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Corn farmer Ray Kinsella is called to build a ballpark in his cornfield; once the field is built, various ballplayers from the past come. The players seem more like ghosts who regard the field as their heaven rather than time travelers, so the actual time travel element is slight, arising from a walk when Ray slips into 1972.

— Michael Main

If you build it, they will come.

DEBUT

Field of Dreams (at limited movie theaters, USA, 21 April 1989).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

PRIOR WORKS: based on Shoeless Joe (1982)

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1900 to 1929: The players hailed from this era, though they appear more as ghosts than time travelers..
Circa AD 1970 to 1999: Mostly AD 1989 with one slip into AD 1972.

Time Travel Methods

Timeslips: When Ray slips into AD 1972 and back.

Real-World Tags

Fictional Tags

Ghosts

Groupings

Cited in Worlds Enough and Time, edited by Gary Westfahl ()

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY: We haven’t yet mapped out the time travel itinerary.