Out of the Blue (2006 film)
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New Zealand theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Robert Sarkies |
| Produced by |
Steven O'Meagher Tim White Timothy White |
| Written by | Graeme Tetley Robert Sarkies Bill O'Brien |
| Based on | The Aramoana massacre |
| Starring |
Karl Urban Matthew Sunderland Lois Lawn Simon Ferry Tandi Wright Paul Glover William Kircher Georgia Fabish Fayth Rasmussen |
| Music by | Victoria Kelly |
| Cinematography | Greig Fraser |
| Edited by | Annie Collins |
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Condor Films
Dendy Films Desert Road Films New Zealand Film Commission New Zealand On Air Southern Light Films TV3 |
| Distributed by | Dendy Films The Weinstein Company (DVD) |
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Release date
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Running time
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103 minutes |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Budget | NZ$6 million |
| Box office | US$728 (USA) 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. The film premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada and was released in New Zealand on 12 October 2006 to minor controversy. The film has since grossed well over $1 million at the New Zealand box-office taking it into the top ten highest grossing local films.
The film is based on the Aramoana massacre that occurred over a period of two days in mid November 1990 in a small seaside settlement in the Otago region of New Zealand. The small coastal community of Aramoana (Māori for "pathway to the sea") lies on the edge of the Pacific Ocean at the base of a narrow sandy spit which juts into the mouth of Otago Harbour, 27 kilometres northeast of the city of Dunedin. The settlement is normally a peaceful, idyllic locale, but in 1990 the community was turned upside down as a result of the country's worst massacre. Resident David Gray, an unemployed gun enthusiast, went on a shooting spree, killing 13 people before being killed by police.
Aramoana, Tuesday 13 November 1990. David Gray, an unemployed man in his 30s who lives in his parent’s small holiday home, cycles into town where he has an argument with staff at a bank over a minor issue. Unstable & angry, he returns home where he has a cache of fire-arms, including a semi-automatic rifle. Late in the afternoon, he notices children from a neighbouring house have wandered onto his yard and he angrily abuses them, sparking a heated verbal exchange with their father, Garry Holden. Gray goes inside his house and then quickly re-emerges armed with the SAR, shooting Holden dead. Holden’s two young daughters, Chiquita and Jasmine, and his girlfriend Julie-Anne’s adopted daughter Rewa, witness the murder and flee inside Holden's house, attempting to hide. Gray enters and soon locates them.
Chiquita is then seen fleeing, having been wounded, trying to get help for Jasmine and Rewa (whose deaths occur off-screen). She reaches Julie-Anne and they both get into her van and drive towards the scene, trying to rescue the other girls, only to find Holden’s house has been set on fire. Julie-Anne is then forced to drive to safety as Gray fires at her vehicle.
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