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Let's talk about Terrance Mann in Field of Dreams.
Posted on 12/30/12 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 12/30/12 at 9:56 pm
I know this must have been talked about on here at some point in time. But I don't remember ever seeing a discusion and didn't find one with a search.
Anyway - this has been playing lately and we were watching it a day or so ago with the family. My father in law contends that Terrance Mann (the James Earl Jones charcter) was dead and that's why he was invited into the corn field
Both my wife and I never got that impression fromthe movie. But from a quick Google, there does seem to be some thought out there that he may hae died at some point in the movie or at least was embrasing death by going into the corn.
I'm pretty certain he wasn't dead at the beginning. The gas station guy that Ray bribes knew where he lived. And he talks to several peope in the little Minnesota town that knew Doc Graham. He even takes phone message from Ray' wife.
I guess there is a chance that he dies at some point later in the movie or that he is embrasing death by going into the corn with the players.
Any thoughts?
Anyway - this has been playing lately and we were watching it a day or so ago with the family. My father in law contends that Terrance Mann (the James Earl Jones charcter) was dead and that's why he was invited into the corn field
Both my wife and I never got that impression fromthe movie. But from a quick Google, there does seem to be some thought out there that he may hae died at some point in the movie or at least was embrasing death by going into the corn.
I'm pretty certain he wasn't dead at the beginning. The gas station guy that Ray bribes knew where he lived. And he talks to several peope in the little Minnesota town that knew Doc Graham. He even takes phone message from Ray' wife.
I guess there is a chance that he dies at some point later in the movie or that he is embrasing death by going into the corn with the players.
Any thoughts?
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Posted on 12/30/12 at 10:00 pm to Methuselah
I can see the embracing death part. But in no way did I think he was dead at any point in the film
Posted on 12/30/12 at 10:05 pm to jojothetireguy
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in no way did I think he was dead at any point in the film
Posted on 12/30/12 at 10:12 pm to SG_Geaux
Na! I never thought he was dead.
However, why then did they allow him to go with them if he wasn't? That never made much sense to me.
However, why then did they allow him to go with them if he wasn't? That never made much sense to me.
Posted on 12/30/12 at 11:17 pm to TigerMyth36
The whole thing takes place in Kevin Costner's head while he's having some kind of mid-life breakdown thinking about his daddy, so I never put too much thought into why dead people and living people were shooting the shite together in a fricking corn field.
Posted on 12/30/12 at 11:20 pm to TigerMyth36
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However, why then did they allow him to go with them if he wasn't?
Because he was so well spoken.
Posted on 12/30/12 at 11:25 pm to PortCityTiger24
It was all a dream
Posted on 12/31/12 at 7:08 am to Mad_Mardigan
I've read that the guy that wrote the book did it in some kind of effort to get J.D. Sallinger to come out of reclusiveness. Apparently the book focused much more on the Mann character than the movie did and there were some changes in adopting it to the screen.
Who knows. I never really got the idea that it was all a dream though. That would be a bummer when he woke up and the farm was still pretty much in heavy debt. (I'm thinking it wasn't just building the baseball field that led to it's financial problems).
Who knows. I never really got the idea that it was all a dream though. That would be a bummer when he woke up and the farm was still pretty much in heavy debt. (I'm thinking it wasn't just building the baseball field that led to it's financial problems).
Posted on 12/31/12 at 9:53 am to Methuselah
MOONLIGHT GRAHAM
Posted on 12/31/12 at 10:05 am to Methuselah
Haven't thought of this, but did find it puzzling that Mann was so trusting of a bunch of white baseball players with organized crime ties from the early 20th century.
Posted on 12/31/12 at 10:50 am to Methuselah
They needed a token black guy.
Posted on 12/31/12 at 11:05 am to 12
I guess it's possible that Mann had just expired before Costner knocked on his door...hence the bribed guy knowing where he lived (noone knew he was dead yet cuz recluse.)
but, since when did M Night shyamalan direct "Field of Dreams"?
but, since when did M Night shyamalan direct "Field of Dreams"?
Posted on 12/31/12 at 11:34 am to TigerMyth36
In the novel, the terrance mann character was actually JD Sallinger
Posted on 12/31/12 at 7:24 pm to Tiger Ryno
his son reported him missing in the movie.
Posted on 12/31/12 at 7:49 pm to LSUlefty
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his son reported him missing in the movie.
Actually I believe it was his Dad that reported him missing.
And I never thought he was dead either. Just that he was embracing death by going into the corn.
Posted on 12/31/12 at 7:53 pm to LSUlefty
He does kinda reappear in front of Costner's car in a ghostly way..."Ease his pain"
fricking fantastic movie
fricking fantastic movie
Posted on 1/1/13 at 12:50 am to Methuselah
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or that he is embrasing death by going into the corn with the players.
that is what I've always thought.
Really loved his dialouges in that movie
the part when he first meets Ray always cracks me up
Click
its edited for TV but its the only one I could find.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 10:01 am to PropJoe
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MOONLIGHT GRAHAM
Is probably the only Minnesota native with a British accent.
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