Gettin' Square is about starting over, keeping clean and going straight. Barry Wirth is fresh out of prison and determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But like his mate Johnny 'Spit' Spiteri and reformed gangster turned restaurateur Dabba, he finds out the hard way that there are old scores and a few new ones that'll make getting square a lot harder than he thought.
Acting
David Wenham's Spit is a national treasure of nervous energy.
Writing
Dialogue so Aussie it practically sunburns you.
Cinematography
Gold Coast glamour vs. grimy underbelly, perfectly captured.
Director
Jonathan Teplitzky
Sam Worthington
Barry 'Wattsy' Wirth
David Wenham
Johnny Francis 'Spit' Spitieri
Timothy Spall
Darren Barrington
Freya Stafford
Annie Flynn
Gary Sweet
Chicka Martin
Richard Carter
Craig Knob
David Field
Arnie DeViers
Helen Thomson
Marion Barrington
David Roberts
Niall Toole
Luke Pegler
Joey Wirth
Mitchell Butel
Con Katsakis
Gary Waddell
Dennis Obst
John Brumpton
Lenny Morrison
Joe Bugner
Big Mick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sam Worthington made this right before Hollywood discovered him in Avatar — this is his last truly Australian scrappy performance.
The term 'gettin' square' is pure Australian criminal slang for going legit, and the film satirizes the real Gold Coast corruption scandals of the late 90s.
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