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form y separately published work icon Gettin' Square single work   film/TV   humour   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Gettin' Square
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
form y separately published work icon Gettin' Square Chris Nyst , ( dir. Jonathan Teplitzky ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Working Title Films Mushroom Pictures Freshwater Pictures Squared Productions , 2003 Z1049762 2003 single work film/TV humour crime (taught in 1 units)

''Wattsy' Wirth is fresh out of prison and determined to go straight. But like his ex cell-mate, Johnny Spit, and reformed gangster Dabba Barrington, he discovers that getting on the straight and narrow is a lot harder than he thought. On the outside there are old scores and old enemies, as well as a few new ones, like the newly formed Crimes Investigation Commission. With the CIC breathing down their necks and pressure from underworld boss Chicka Martin and corrupt cop Arnie Deviers, it will take Wattsy, Spit and Dabba all their street smarts and rat cunning to stay one step ahead and become square-heads.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 6/8/2013)

Film Analysis 2: Australian Cinema Bond University 2010
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