Field of dreams - Doc Graham steps forward
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Published 2007-08-04
All Comments (21)
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Burt Lancaster's final statuesque pose as the camera zooms in, as if to say: HERE'S GREATNESS. The director made sure the legendary actor had his final moment in the sun before he says good-bye, after an incredible career. One of the last -- maybe the very last -- of the postwar Hollywood leading men.
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Seeing this scene again still brings a tear to these old eyes .
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As a father of 3, and a Paramedic of 24 years, the moment Doc Graham freezes at the foul line, and realizes that he has to choose, stay in his dream of heaven, or help a child in need, and he steps across the line to help a child...............I understand this scene and decision so much. It's a beautiful, under appreciated moment in a great film.
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That look and exit was a perfect farewell for such amazing actor.
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Saving a life was more important than his dream! A true hero
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"Hey rookie!...you were good." Gets me every time.
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No matter how many times I have seen this movie this is where the tears start.
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So has anyone else ever noticed that they show only one at bat from Doc, and it was a what? Sacrifice fly! Get it...sacrifice...its what Doc was all about!
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RIP Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994), aged 80 And RIP Ray Liotta (December 18, 1954 – May 26, 2022), aged 67 You both will be remembered as legends.
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Every time I watch this scene I cry like my first born. In my 60s nowadays and I understand and appreciate the movie even more.
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For many actors , it was a privilege to have been with a legend like Burst Lancaster.
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He really liked baseball and being young but he really LOVED being a doctor, a healer, amd husband to a loving wife.
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"if i only got to a doctor for a few minutes. now that would've been a tragedy."
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These are the stories we tell ourselves. Not because they're true. But because it says something about who we are (or at least, want to be).
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I took my dad to see this movie when it first came out. I was a young man, just starting out in life, and of course, Dad was an older man, nearing retirement age. I was so moved when Archie stepped onto the gravel, giving up his dreams. And my dad was moved when Ray asked his own father if he wanted to have a catch, because when he was a kid, his dad was the only father in the neighborhood who would have a catch with his son when he got home from work. That's the beauty and the genius of this movie.
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“Hey rookie! You were good” What a line. What a scene.
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Moonlight Graham gives up his dream to help save the little girl. The look on his face when Ray Liotta says "hey rookie. you were good." gets me every time. if there is a more touching moment in film i haven't seen it.
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lcr2142 is right: "No son, thank you." A long lost dream realized. This is what the movie is about. People bury their dreams everyday for whatever reasons. That's why this scene is so effective and tear jerking. What was your childhood dream?
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The score for this film is incredible. I play it on vinyl in the summer time when those evening breezes start blowing gentle, just sends tingles.
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I remember the first time watching this, I knew exactly what was up. As soon as Archie saw what happened, he went into Doctor mode. I started tearing up.. Sacrificed your dream to do your job.
