[Movie Script]Field of Dreams

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                             FIELD OF DREAMS


Written by
Phil Alden Robinson
March 9, 1988
                                         FINAL DRAFT SCREENPLAY


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                         FADE IN



          MONTAGE OF PHOTOS



          RAY (V.O.)

          My father�s name was John Kinsella.

A faded, sepia shot of a dirty little kid on a farm.
          RAY (V.O.)

          It�s an Irish name. He was born in

North Dakota, in 1896...

Young man in doughboy uniform.
          RAY (V.O.)

          ...and never saw a big city until he

came back from France in 1918.

Chicago. Tenement. Comiskey Park. Ballgames.
          RAY (V.O.)

          He settled in Chicago, where he quickly

learned to live and die with the White

Sox. Died a little when they lost the

1919 World Series...

Newspaper headlines. Photo of Shoeless Joe Jackson.
          RAY (V.O.)


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