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Gettin' Square (2003) -- Barry Wirth is just out of prison with every intention of flying straight, but at every turn it seems his old life is waiting. When Barry finds himself entwined in a dangerous heist, is it too late to get square?

Overview

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Director:
Jonathan Teplitzky
Writer:
Chris Nyst (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 October 2003 (Australia) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Thriller more
Plot:
Gettin' Square is about starting over, keeping clean and going straight. Barry Wirth is fresh out of... more | add synopsis
Awards:
9 wins & 22 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Wortho the wait?
 (From FilmInk.com.au. 2 November 2009, 5:17 PM, PST)

Some People You Might Know (And Some You Might Not) Are Receiving Awards!
 (From FilmExperience. 25 September 2009, 12:47 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
A very funny, entertaining movie with a classic comedy performance by David Wenham more (28 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sam Worthington ... Barry 'Wattsy' Wirth

David Wenham ... Johnny Francis 'Spit' Spitieri

Timothy Spall ... Darren 'Dabba' Barrington

Freya Stafford ... Annie Flynn
Gary Sweet ... Chicka Martin
David Roberts ... Niall Toole
David Field ... Arnie DeViers
Luke Pegler ... Joey Wirth
Richard Carter ... Craig 'Crusher' Knobes

Mitchell Butel ... Con Katsakis
Garry Waddell ... Dennis Obst
John Brumpton ... Lenny Morrison

Helen Thomson ... Marion Barrington
Marea Lambert Barker ... Cheryl
Joe Bugner ... Big Mick
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Australia:100 min | Argentina:100 min
Country:
Australia | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The henchman with heaps of tattoos is a well known Gold Coast figure Tim Ward. He is the owner of several Surfers Paradise nightclubs. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The postcard from Israel has an Australian air mail sticker on it. more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
A very funny, entertaining movie with a classic comedy performance by David Wenham, 27 April 2006
9/10
Author: rich-697 from Australia

I've now watched this movie twice and enjoyed it immensely on both viewings. It has an excellent script with great humour and is very hilarious in parts... particularly when David Wenham's character "Johnny Spitieri" is on the screen. David should have won an Oscar along with his AFI, FCCA & IF Best Actor awards for this role. Absolutely excellent! The rest of the cast also give very good performances and are well cast. Timothy Spall is particularly good as the crim who's trying hard to be a legitimate businessman. It's a good tale with enough twists and turns to hold your interest to the very end. Watch it for David's performance if nothing else!

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