Out of the Blue

Oct 12, 2006

1h 43m

★ 6.5

The true story of a small town massacre

Overview

Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside town, in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and under-armed local policemen risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. Based on true events.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Desert Road Films

New Zealand Film Commission

NZ on Air

Southern Light Films

Out of the Blue Trailers

Cast

Nick Harvey

Karl Urban

Julie-Anne Bryson

Tandi Wright

Garry Holden

Simon Ferry

David Gray

Matthew Sunderland

Helen Dickson

Lois Lawn

Paul Knox

Paul Glover

Stu Guthrie

William Kircher

Chiquita Holden

Georgia Fabish

Stacey Percy

Fayth Rasmussen

Jimmy Dickson

Timothy Bartlett

Bank Manager

Murray Davidson

Dion Percy

Baxter Cannell

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