{"product_id":"the-grass-arena","title":"The Grass Arena","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAward-winning BBC adaptation, based on the bestselling autobiography by John Healy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Healy's powerful true story of his life and addiction became a bestselling autobiography. It was adapted in 1992 by the BBC into an award-winning Screen Two film.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in London to poor Irish parents, brutalised at home and hardened on the streets by the age of 7, John Healy is consumed by alcoholism as a teenager. A promising career as a boxer is destroyed by drink as he enters The Grass Arena, a savage community of vagrant alcoholics, ruled by psychopaths and peopled by beggars - who will do anything to quench their thirst. They have nothing to lose. Ending up in prison, he faces a certain death until a fellow inmate shows him how to play chess, for which he displays a natural instinct. One addiction is about to replace another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Michael Powell Award for Best Feature Film and the Grand Prix at the Dinard Film Festival in France. Starring, Mark Rylance, Pete Postlethwaite \u0026amp; Clive Russell.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRunning time 90 mins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Becksdvds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59380106854732,"sku":null,"price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0856\/5932\/0652\/files\/grassarena.jpg?v=1792616555","url":"https:\/\/becksdvds.com\/products\/the-grass-arena","provider":"Becksdvds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}