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  1. industry (industry): Field of Dreams → Amy Madigan. Madigan's Field of Dreams may not carry weight with British BAFTA voters.
    “does field of dreams matter to British people?”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 0:13:30 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): The Natural → Field of Dreams. Both belong to the pre-steroids era when fans believed in baseball heroes, fathers and sons.
    “they belong to this era of baseball that was basically ruined by steroids”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:05:41 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): The Natural → Field of Dreams. The movie's father-and-son angle is the easy baseball move that Field of Dreams is also about.
    “That's basically what field of dreams is about to.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:10:09 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): The Natural → Field of Dreams. The Natural's ending, a catch with your son, echoes the wheat-field catch in Field of Dreams.
    “And the concept of when I have a son someday will have a catch and then we'll be playing in the backyard.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:10:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (what-if): The Natural → Field of Dreams. A 2015 remake would stay faithful to the dark book, since we now expect the worst of baseball heroes.
    “if we made this movie in like 2015, I actually think they would have stayed faithful to the book”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:10:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): The Natural → Field of Dreams. Roy Hobbs's son and the Field of Dreams catcher are the worst throwing motions; the speaker names Tim Robbins's Bull Durham motion as worse-but-excused.
    “I just can't excuse the Field of Dreams catcher.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:57:08 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)