The line, "If you build it, he will come", is from which movie?

The line “If you build it, he will come” is from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams. It is spoken to Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella by a mysterious voice after he hears it while walking through his cornfield.

Ray interprets the message as an instruction to build a baseball diamond on his farmland. Although the decision threatens his family’s finances, the completed field draws the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson, the legendary player associated with the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Other deceased baseball players later appear to play there.

The film stars Kevin Costner as Ray, Amy Madigan as his wife Annie, and James Earl Jones as writer Terence Mann. It was adapted from W. P. Kinsella’s 1982 novel Shoeless Joe, though the movie changed some character details and emphasizes Ray’s relationship with his late father.

A common mix-up is changing “he” to “they.” The movie’s famous wording is singular, referring first to Shoeless Joe and eventually carrying a more personal, emotional meaning.