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Dodgy side of Gold Coast is back on screen in Spit

In this sequel to 2003’s Gettin’ Square, David Wenham revives his small-time crim Johnny Spiteri – the character who gifted cinema the thong chase.

The 2003 film, Gettin’ Square was a rare highlight of that odd period in the early 2000s when Australian cinema was awash in comedies.

The laconic and very competent The Castle and The Dish, the first two cinematic offerings by the Working Dog team behind Frontline and The D-Generation, were so successful in 1997 and 2000, the thinking was if we kept making comedies, she’ll be right.

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