06/15/2025
In the summer of 2021, Raz donated two original theater posters to the Field of Dreams moviesite along with two LED lightboxes. One was displayed by his choice inside the main living room of the Lansing Family farmhouse, and the other displayed within the basement of the red barn, which at the time was supposed to become a museum of sorts but has since turned into a bar.
To celebrate the first time inclusion of an original theater poster on site, R.A.W. Productions donated their time, money, and efforts to create a lengthy narrative commercial fall of 2021 called, The Thrill Of The Grass. The video was completed and posted online November of 2022, but unfortunately was never used by the moviesite as originally intended despite all the work involved to finish it.
Fast forward to winter of 2023, Raz reached out to the son of acclaimed artist, Mick McGinty, to get his blessing on a custom poster image that would commemorate his late father’s work on the original Field of Dreams poster for Universal. Not only did his son give his full blessing, he also provided the exact text placed beneath the last image of his father ever taken at the moviesite itself.
In July of 2023, after completing the image to be displayed beneath the first poster inside the house, new managment had once again taken over the moviesite and this time rejected the use of it simply because they didn’t want to give credit to the donor, that being Raz, nor the original artist, Mick himself.
As a result of this unwarranted situation, Raz pulled both posters from the moviesite to prevent any further exploitation.
After nearly two years of waiting, R.A.W. Productions was finally given the opportunity to showcase this commemorative poster in a public setting at the Field of Dreams in Concert event in Cedar Rapids put on by Orchestra Iowa. It was there that many learned who McGinty was for the first time and some of his other works which include but are not limited to:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Christmas Vacation
The Addams Family
Jaws The Revenge
Street Fighter 2
And even Megadeth’s logo for their hit 1994 album, Youthansia.
Needless to say, Mick made quite an artistic impression with a lot of memorable works over the years that most didn’t even know were his at the time. So with this being Father’s Day, we at R.A.W. Productions stand to keep his memory alive along with all loving fathers’ of this world are or may not still be with us.
If you haven’t already, simply remember to ask your father for a simple game of catch regardless of location, for you may not get the chance later in life.
If you’d like to know more about this legendary artist, click on the link to his official website below.
https://www.mickmcginty.com
