Out of the Blue (2006 film)
| Out of the Blue | |
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New Zealand theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Robert Sarkies |
| Written by | Graeme Tetley Robert Sarkies Bill O'Brien |
| Produced by | Steven O'Meagher Timothy White |
| Starring | Karl Urban Matthew Sunderland Lois Lawn Simon Ferry Tandi Wright Paul Glover William Kircher Georgia Fabish Fayth Rasmussen |
| Cinematography | Greig Fraser |
| Edited by | Annie Collins |
| Music by | Victoria Kelly |
Production companies | Desert Road Films Southern Light Films |
| Distributed by | Dendy Films |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Budget | NZ$6 million |
| Box office | US$728 (US) NZ$1,135,700 (NZ) |
Out of the Blue is a 2006 New Zealand crime drama film directed by Robert Sarkies and starring Karl Urban. It is based on the 1990 Aramoana massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in New Zealand prior to the Christchurch mosque shootings, that occurred over a period of two days in the small coastal community of Aramoana in Otago, New Zealand.
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2006 in Canada and was released in New Zealand on 12 October 2006. It grossed over $1 million at the New Zealand box-office, taking it into the top ten highest grossing local films.