Gettin' Square

Oct 9, 2003

1h 40m

★ 6.4

Sunny place. Shady people.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Freshwater Films

Squared Productions

Mushroom Pictures

Working Title Films

Gettin' Square Trailers

Cast

Barry 'Wattsy' Wirth

Sam Worthington

Johnny Francis 'Spit' Spitieri

David Wenham

Darren Barrington

Timothy Spall

Annie Flynn

Freya Stafford

Chicka Martin

Gary Sweet

Craig Knob

Richard Carter

Arnie DeViers

David Field

Marion Barrington

Helen Thomson

Niall Toole

David Roberts

Joey Wirth

Luke Pegler

Con Katsakis

Mitchell Butel

Dennis Obst

Gary Waddell

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