Gettin' Square (2003) on Netflix
NR20031h 40mComedyCrimeThriller
Barry Wirth leaves prison on parole, set on going straight and caring for his younger brother Joey. Detective Arnie DeViers keeps harassing him, and his friend Spit owes a crime boss money.
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Plot summary
Barry Wirth is released on parole after his mother's death, to care for his younger brother Joey. He has done time for a murder he did not commit, framed by the corrupt detective Arnie DeViers, who answers to the crime boss Chicka Martin. Barry finds work as a chef at the restaurant of Darren 'Dabba' Barrington, an ex-criminal who has gone straight, and does well there. When a corrupt accountant is arrested, his seized records take money that belongs to Dabba and to Chicka. Barry's friend Johnny 'Spit' Spitieri is picked up during a drug deal and ends up owing Chicka twenty thousand dollars. DeViers keeps threatening Barry, and both Dabba and Spit need his help.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Gettin' Square (2003)
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- At the 45th Australian Film Institute Awards Gettin' Square earned a leading fourteen nominations, including Best Film, and won two, with Wenham taking Best Actor in a Leading Role.
- Wenham's character Johnny Spitieri proved durable enough to carry his own sequel: a film named Spit, featuring the character, was released in 2025.
- At the Australian box office Gettin' Square grossed $2,137,749, a total that made it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2003 in Australia.
