Control

– Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy day..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.70 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 2 Minutes
Release Year:
2007
Control (2007)

Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.

Control (2007) - Trailer

Release Date:

26 Sep 2007

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Anton Corbijn

Writer:

Deborah Curtis (book), Matt Greenhalgh (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson

Plot:

Ian Curtis is a quiet and rather sad lad who works for an employment agency and sings in a band called Warsaw. He meets a girl named Debbie whom he promptly marries and his band, of which the name in the meantime has been changed to Joy Division, gets more and more successful. Even though Debbie and he become parents, their relationship is going downhill rapidly and Ian starts an affair with Belgium Annik whom he met after one of the gigs and he's almost never at home. Ian also suffers from epilepsy and has no-good medication for it. He doesn't know how to handle the feelings he has for Debbie and Annik and the pressure the popularity of Joy Division and the energy performing costs him.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 31 wins & 33 nominations.

Gross profit:

$900,000

Production:

The Weinstein Company

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
Metacritic:
78%