Iowa? Are you kidding me?

Soybeans. Duh.

I am from Norway where the movie takes place and if you know the story of the movie, it's an AMAZING story ... a TRUE story none the less. And if another state could come up with the amazing baseball players we've had, then maybe Iowa wouldn't have to produce all the good baseball stories.

And Sean is an amazingly nice man; hardworking but fun all at the same time. And no, there is no carrying anyone off in cornfields. Watch the movie, learn about the story ... but you do love Christian Bale, which says enough right there. :)

Beef, Bacon, Corn (a portion of which was fed to your last steak/big mac), Gasoline, and we have a General Mills and a Quaker Oats which both produce a large amount of the cereals sold in most grocery stores. There was also a president and several actors... Ashton Kutcher, Elijah Wood...Ron Livingston... oh yeah, and 2 baseball movies ;-)


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"Is this heaven?"

You pose a great question: What DOES Iowa produce besides corn and baseball movies?

We produced Ashton Kutcher, Tom Arnold, and Elijah Wood (sorry about those).

We gave you President of the United States Herbert Hoover, John Wayne, Peanut butter.

We gave you Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off of a bat.

Those strange kids with the black armbands you learn about in junior high history class.

We brought you "The FLOOD of '93."

Slipknot.

The Iowa State Fair.

Ron Burgandy.

T-boz from TLC.

Phyllis from the Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Grant Wood and his painting American Gothic

Johnny Carson of the Tonight Show.

We supplied the 49 states with the optional slogan, "Hey, at least we're not Iowa."

Well, I can report that it least one other film from Iowa rests in a different genre, and takes a different subject as its inspiration. In a blatant little piece of self-promotion, I'll point out that our film, "Haunting Villisca," is inspired by the infamous unsolved axe-murders of eight people in tiny Villisca, Iowa in 1912.

Moreover, that same case was the subject of yet another film, a documentary entitled "Villisca: Living with a Mystery," which has garnered significant praise as it has played the festival circuit.

Also, another Iowa independent film, "Indelible," is currently making the festival rounds and it has nothing to do with baseball.

But maybe independent films just aren't your cup of tea. In that case, I'll gently suggest that perhaps you've forgotten a little ditty called "The Bridges of Madison County," which only happened to involve two of the industry's (and history's) finest in Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. I don't remember a single crack of the bat in that one either.

The state legislature just passed a tasty tax incentive bill that should make it easier to shoot movies here so just keep your eyes (and perhaps your mind) open and maybe you'll see something surprising. While baseball may be a grand cinematic subject, it isn't the ONLY subject and everyone knows that.

But you know what? "The Final Season" is terrific; I've seen it. Strong performances, tightly cut, a genuine, open-hearted crowd-pleaser. Why is another fine baseball picture such a bad thing?

Oh well. Thanks for noticing us, anyhow.

Hahahahaha! i live in iowa and its not what you think ppl think its all cornfields and stuff but the truth is theres A LOT in iowa there are MANY MANY parts where its the city. Plus we have the second largest mall=D

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