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50 STATES 50 MOVIES: IOWA

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Having Faith In The Power Of Hope In America's Struggling Heartland

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Apr 16, 2023
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Field Of Dreams

This was an easy one.

I don’t think any movie in the history of cinema was more a celebration of Iowa than Field of Dreams. The state is even referenced, somewhat mockingly, in the movie’s second most popular line:

Is this Heaven?

No It’s Iowa

On the surface, it feels like this movie could take place in any agriculture-dominated flyover sta…

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