amy madigan played kevin costner's wife in field of dreams.
amy madigan played kevin costner's wife in field of dreams.
who played kevin costner's wife in field of dreams?
amy madigan
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.
field of dreams
on august 11, 2006, austin, texas' alamo drafthouse "rolling roadshow" (which screens films in locations unique to each film) showed "field of dreams" at the field of dreams site in dyersville. a giant, outdoor screen was set up adjacent to the field with seating, concession, and parking along left and center field. only the property owned by the ameskamp family was allowed to be used for this event; the lansing property was closed to the public. before the screening of the film, kevin costner and his band (unnamed at the time, now known as kevin costner and modern west) performed for two hours for the attending crowd of close to 1,000 people. costner and his band played a selection of original songs and popular covers, including a song about iowa that he wrote during the filming of "field of dreams" 17 years earlier. the event was sponsored by netflix and hosted by lisa loeb.
field of dreams (dubuque county, iowa)