- What was the awful thing you said to your father?
- Oh. I said I could never respect a man whose hero was a criminal.
12 seconds sound clip from the Field of Dreams (1989) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:13:51.241 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Can you believe that? American boy refusing to have a catch with his father?
- Why 14?- That's when I read The Boat Rocker by Terence Mann.
- Oh, God. I never played catch with him again.
- You see, that's the kind of crap people always try to lay on me.
- It's not my fault you didn't play catch with your father.
- I know.
- What was the awful thing you said to your father?
- Oh. I said I could never respect a man whose hero was a criminal.
- You knew he wasn't a criminal. Then why did you say it?
- The son of a bitch died before I could take it back. Before I could tell him, you know.
- He never met my wife. He never saw his granddaughter.
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