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The Grass Arena is the true story of John Healy. Raised in an ultra religious family, with an abusive father... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Alcoholic
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An excellent study of alcoholism and problems encountered in recovery moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mark Rylance | ... | John Healy |
 | Pete Postlethwaite | ... | The Dipper |
| Lynsey Baxter | ... | Madalena |
| Marian McLoughlin | ... | Mrs. Healy |
| Billy Boyle | ... | Mr. Healy |
| Andrew Dicks | ... | Young John Healy |
| Nick Dawney | ... | Young Terry Healy (as Nick Dawnay) |
| Simon Napper | ... | Terry Healy |
| John Garrett | ... | Albert |
| Brian Hall | ... | George |
| Gerard Horan | ... | The Sham |
| Clive Russell | ... | Mac |
| Louis Mellis | ... | Jock |
| Anna Keaveney | ... | Liverpool Lil |
| Paddy Joyce | ... | Kelly |
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The film is a very intimate and accurate study of one man's alcoholism.I found it both violent and touching, as an alcoholic, I could Identify with Healy and this film is used extensively to show patients in recovery as it also explores the introduction of drugs to combat alcoholism and their effects in the early days of their introduction. A very thoughtful and excellently acted film, the writer must have had some experience of the effects of alcoholism.