What's the Difference between Shoeless Joe the Book and Field of Dreams the Movie?
Field of Dreams Book vs Movie
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Ray knows that he must build the field and goes about completing the task. |
Ray doubts what he is doing. |
There is an outfield fence. |
There is no fence, just the corn stalks.
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Ray attended college in Iowa. |
He attended Berkeley. He was an anti war activist in the 1960's. |
Salinger lives in the hills outside of Boston. |
Mann has an apartment in the middle of Boston.
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Ray meets Shoeless Joe Jackson after building the field. He asks if he can bring his friends to play ball with them. |
After building the field and meeting Joe, Ray goes on a trip to find Terrence Mann and Moonlight Graham to bring them to the farm. |