DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- The corn lining...

DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- The corn lining the outfield is tall again this year. The white farmhouse, wraparound porch and picket art of self-defence appear unaffected by time. The mythic baseball diamond and lush outfield direct the eye just as they did in the film released 17 years ago. And for a not many hours, hundreds of children and parents raced around the bases, played catch or hit delicate pitches in the field made famous on 1989's "Field of Dreams."

Kevin Costner the movie's star, reverted Friday for the first time since filming cessationed Costner joined about 5,000 clan who packed the field for a unrestrained screening of the movie. The conclusion sponsored by online DVD rental company Netflix Inc., is the fifth stop in a 10-city tour featuring classic movies at the locations where they were filmed.

Costner tossed pitches to individual young hitter after another upon the field.

The film, about a farmer who is persuaded by the agency of a mysterious voice to build a baseball diamond in his cornfield, revolveed a plot of land possessed by two local farmers into a site visited by dint of more than 65,000 people each year.

Before the screening, Costner played a 75-minute fix with his four-piece band. "I be impressed like I will forever be have relationed here to the state of Iowa," Costner told the [i]ignobile vulgus "I've never lost my be moved for what we did here."

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