Control (2007)
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| Release Date: | October 10, 2007 (Limited) |
| On DVD: | June 3, 2008 |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Anton Corbijn |
| Writer: | Matt Greenhalgh |
| Cast: | Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara, Craig Parkinson |
| Studio: | The Weinstein Company |
| Running Time: | 122 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language and brief sexuality. |
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...
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Having never been a music fan - I didn't own a CD until I entered college - I had never heard of Ian Curtis, the lead singer of the 1970's band Joy Division. I watched Control, a movie about Curtis' rise and fall, on recommendation from a friend, even though it looked like yet another fame-and-death tale about a musician.
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