Out of the Blue (2006 film)

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Out of the Blue
New Zealand theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Sarkies
Written by	Graeme Tetley Robert Sarkies Bill O'Brien
Produced by	Steven O'Meagher Tim White 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	Condor Films Dendy Films Desert Road Films New Zealand Film Commission New Zealand On Air Southern Light Films TV3
Distributed by	Dendy Films
Release dates	11 September 2006 (2006-09-11) (Toronto) 12 October 2006 (2006-10-12) (New Zealand)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	New Zealand
Language	English
Budget	NZ$6 million
Box office	US$728 (USA) NZ$1,135,700 (NZ)[1]

Out of the Blue is a 2006 New Zealand crime drama film directed by Robert Sarkies and starring Karl Urban. The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in Canada and was released in New Zealand on 12 October 2006. The film grossed over $1 million at the New Zealand box-office, taking it into the top ten highest grossing local films.^[2]

The film is based on the 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.