Control (2007 film)
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| Directed by | Anton Corbijn |
| Produced by | Anton Corbijn Todd Eckert Orian Williams Iain Canning Peter Heslop Tony Wilson Deborah Curtis |
| Screenplay by | Matt Greenhalgh |
| Based on | Touching from a Distance by Deborah Curtis |
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Sam Riley Samantha Morton Toby Kebbell Alexandra Maria Lara |
| Music by | New Order |
| Cinematography | Martin Ruhe |
| Distributed by | UK - Momentum Pictures US - The Weinstein Company Becker Group |
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122 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6.4 million |
| Box office | $8.9 million |
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| Released | 30 October 2007 |
| Genre | Post-punk, punk rock, glam rock |
| Label | Warner Bros., Rhino |
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Control is a 2007 British biographical film about the life of Ian Curtis, singer of the late-1970s English post-punk band Joy Division. It is the first feature film directed by Anton Corbijn, who had worked with Joy Division as a photographer. The screenplay by Matt Greenhalgh was based on the biography Touching from a Distance by Curtis' widow Deborah, who served as a co-producer on the film. Tony Wilson, who released Joy Division's records through his Factory Records label, also served as a co-producer. Curtis' bandmates Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris provided incidental music for the soundtrack via their post-Joy Division incarnation New Order. Control was filmed partly on location in Nottingham, Manchester, and Macclesfield, including areas where Curtis lived, and was shot in colour and then printed to black-and-white. Its title comes from the Joy Division song "She's Lost Control", and the fact that much of the plot deals with the notion that Curtis tried to remain so in control of his own life, and yet had no control over his epilepsy and pharmaceutical side effects.
Sam Riley and Samantha Morton star as Ian and Deborah Curtis, and the film portrays the events of the couple's lives from 1973 to 1980, focusing on their marriage, the formation and career of Joy Division, Ian's struggle with epilepsy, and his extramarital affair with Belgian journalist Annik Honoré, culminating in his May 1980 suicide. Alexandra Maria Lara plays Honoré, while James Anthony Pearson, Joe Anderson, and Harry Treadaway play Sumner, Hook, and Morris, respectively. The film also features Toby Kebbell as band manager Rob Gretton and Craig Parkinson as Tony Wilson.
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