--- description: Star returned to Dyersville, Iowa to celebrate movie's 25th anniversary title: Kevin Costner Returns to Field of Dreams for a Round of Catch image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad3ee469ede9d922/6986979b55a8597c2da815fb/kevin-costner-field-of-dreams.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kevin Costner Returns to Field of Dreams for a Round of Catch by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2014 1:20 PM CUT  Actor Kevin Costner plays catch with his sons during a party celebrating the 25th anniversary of the "Field of Dreams" movie Friday, June 13, 2014, near Dyersville, Iowa. Actor Kevin Costner plays catch with his sons during a party celebrating the 25th anniversary of the "Field of Dreams" movie Friday, June 13, 2014, near Dyersville, Iowa.Dennis Magee—Waterloo Courier/AP by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2014 1:20 PM CUT “If you build it, they will come”—and then come again 25 years later. Kevin Costner, the star of 1989’s seminal _Field of Dreams_ [walked into the infield](http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/costner-takes-the-field/article%5Fee78fa6f-4778-5a56-a5c4-ea6219cad8f8.html "undefined") at the famous Dyersville, Iowa filming location on Friday and played a round of catch with his two young sons, Cayden, 7, and Hayes, 5. Surrounded by hundreds of onlookers, Costner traded throws with his kids and other children on the field, which was the filming location for the Academy Award-nominated picture, reports the WCF Courier. The film, which celebrated baseball’s historic role in American life, also helped launch Costner to fame. “I’m going to sit in a little cornfield in Iowa, these lights are going to go out, and we’re going to watch a movie,” Costner said, according to the [Iowa City Press-Citizen](http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/2014/06/14/kevin-costner-returns-field-dreams-site/10512109/ "undefined"). “And I don’t think there’s anything more American, I don’t think there’s any bigger miracle for me that occurred than this movie that was made 25 years ago here in this field.” \[[_WCF Courier_](http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/costner-takes-the-field/article%5Fee78fa6f-4778-5a56-a5c4-ea6219cad8f8.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2875644/kevin-costner-returns-to-field-of-dreams-for-a-round-of-catch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2875644/kevin-costner-returns-to-field-of-dreams-for-a-round-of-catch/"},"headline":"Kevin Costner Returns to Field of Dreams for a Round of Catch","datePublished":"2014-06-14T13:20:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:25:09.296Z","description":"Star returned to Dyersville, Iowa to celebrate movie's 25th anniversary","url":"https://time.com/2875644/kevin-costner-returns-to-field-of-dreams-for-a-round-of-catch/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad3ee469ede9d922/6986979b55a8597c2da815fb/kevin-costner-field-of-dreams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad3ee469ede9d922/6986979b55a8597c2da815fb/kevin-costner-field-of-dreams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Field of Dreams Party","caption":"Field of Dreams Party","creditText":"Dennis Magee—Waterloo Courier/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2875644/kevin-costner-returns-to-field-of-dreams-for-a-round-of-catch/","name":"Kevin Costner Returns to Field of Dreams for a Round of Catch"}}]}] ```