Control
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Anton Corbijn
Craig Parkinson
Paul Arlington
Nicola Harrison
Joseph Marshall
Samantha Morton
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Ian Curtis has aspirations beyond the trappings of small town life in 1970's England. Wanting to emulate his musical heroes, such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop, he joins a band, and his musical ambition begins to thrive. Soon though, the everyday fears and emotions that fuel his music slowly begin to eat away at him. Married young, with a daughter, he is distracted from his family commitments by a new love and the growing expectations of his band, Joy Division. The strain manifests itself in his health. With epilepsy adding to his guilt and depression, desperation takes hold. Surrendering to the weight on his shoulders, Ian's tortured soul consumes him.
Director
Anton Corbijn
Cast
Craig Parkinson
Paul Arlington
Nicola Harrison
Joseph Marshall
Samantha Morton
James Fortunes
Mary Jo Randle
Margaret Jackman
Ben Naylor
Richard Bremmer
Eady Williams
David Whittington
Elliot Brown-walters
Toby Kebbell
Andrew Sheridan
Matthew Mcnulty
Joe Anderson
Harry Treadaway
Angus Addenbrooke
Laura Chambers
Sam Riley
George Newton
Alexandra Maria Lara
Martha Myers-lowe
Mark Jardine
Tanya Myers
James Anthony Pearson
Joanna Swain
John Cooper Clarke
Herbert Gr÷nemeyer
Robert Shelly
June Alliss
Monica Axelsson
Lotti Closs
Tim Plester
Crew
Paul Alexander
Paul Alexander
Carlos Alomar
Riky Ash
Shaheen Baig
Nick Baldock
Peter Baldock
Peter Baldock
Joanna Bates
Tim Battersby
Katie Bleakley
David Bowie
David Bowie
Andrew Brand
Grant Bridgeman
Lesley Broderick
Paul Brown
Neil Calder
Steve Campbell
Iain Canning
Ben Carr
Vicky Chapman
Rupert Christie
Mel Churcher
Andrew Clarke
John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke
Peter Clarke
Rachel Clarke
Lee Clyne
Paul Cook
Anton Corbijn
Dan Crowley
Deborah Curtis
Deborah Curtis
Ian Curtis
Natalia Czuplak
Maria Dahlin
Rory Davis
Julian Day
Shaida Day
Helen De Winter
Howard Devoto
Joy Division
Joy Division
Paul Dray
Warwick Drucker
Jonathan Earp
Todd Eckert
Carl Edstrom
Philip Elton
Brian Eno
Tom Fabian
Brian Fawcett
Bryan Ferry
Iain Finlay
Adele Fletcher
Linda Forsén
Andrew Foster
Lizzie Francke
Megumi Fukasawa
Anna Gideonsson
Simone Grace
Matthew Greenhalgh
Martin Hannett
Peter Heslop
Peter Heslop
Dan Hodgett
Ruth Hodgson
Mats Holmgren
Peter Hook
Stephen Hopkins
Ralf Huetter
Thomas Huhn
Thomas Huhn
Andrew Hulme
Satoru Iseki
Akira Ishii
Jonas Jangvad
Jonas Jansson
Peter Johnson
Rob Jones
Steve Jones
Andy Kiff
The Killers
Cassie Leedham
Anna Lindqvist
Richard Lloyd
Mick Lord
John Lydon
Roger Lyons
Andrew Mackie
Fiona Mackinnon
Liam Maloy
Korda Marshall
Glen Matlock
Tessa Mendelson
John Midgley
John Midgley
Barry Moen
Stephen Morris
Simon Morrissey
Ian Neil
Fredrik Nilsson
Lucas Nilsson
Fredrik Nord
Gez Orakwusi
Roy Osborn
Michael Osborne
John Oxborough
Jonathan Page
Patty Papageorgiou
Gabor Pasztor
Tina Pawlik
Richard Payten
Will Petty
Iggy Pop
Lou Reed
Sarah Reichert
Chris Richmond
Rachel Robey
Howard Roe
Dean Rogers
Chris Roope
Martin Ruhe
Peter Saville
Florian Schneider
Emil Schult
Peter Shelley
Nic Smith
Mick Stanton
Toni Staples
Katy Stenson
John A. Steppings
Robert Jan Stips
Bernard Sumner
Barbara Taylor
Barbara Taylor
Barbara Taylor
Benjamin Till
Owen Tooth
Peter Tornestam
Kip Walker
Matt Wells
Julian White
Val White
Josh Whiteman
Jim Wilkinson
Orian Williams
Micky Wilson
Sophie Wilson
Tony Wilson
Christina Withers
Jeremy Woodhead
Jeremy Woodhead
Ali Yap
Emma Yeomans
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States October 19, 2007
Released in United States on Video June 3, 2008
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States August 2007
Released in United States September 2007
Released in United States October 2007
Released in United States December 2007
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 27-October 12, 2007.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (British Gala) August 15-26, 2007.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Zabaltegi - Pearls) September 20-29, 2007.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-12, 2007.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Main Competition) October 4-17, 2007.
Shown at Dubai International Film Festival (Cinema of the World) December 9-16, 2007.
Based on the biography "Touching From a Distance" written by Deborah Curtis; published by Faber & Faber, 1996.
Project was previously set up with Double A Films to be produced by Amy Hobby and Neil Weisman.
Feature directorial debut for Anton Corbijn.
The band New Order may be involved in some capacity.
Released in United States Fall October 10, 2007 (NY)
Released in United States October 19, 2007 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video June 3, 2008
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 27-October 12, 2007.)
Released in United States August 2007 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (British Gala) August 15-26, 2007.)
Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Zabaltegi - Pearls) September 20-29, 2007.)
Winner of the 2007 Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in Their First Feature Film by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Winner of the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actor (Sam Riley), the Silver Hugo Award for Best Screenplay and co-winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2007 Chicago International Film Festival.
Winner of three 2007 awards including the Attenborough Award, the British Newcomer of the Year Award for Breakthrough Acting (Sam Riley) and the British Newcomer of the Year Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking by the London Critics' Circle.
Winner of two awards including the Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film and the PPG Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film (Sam Riley) at the 2007 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Winner of two awards including the Regards Jeunes Prize and the Europa Cinemas Label Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
Released in United States Fall October 10, 2007
Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Main Competition) October 4-17, 2007.)
Released in United States December 2007 (Shown at Dubai International Film Festival (Cinema of the World) December 9-16, 2007.)
Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-12, 2007.)
