Release Date
October 10, 2007 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
June 3, 2008 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Anton Corbijn
Writer
Matt Greenhalgh
Cast
Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara, Craig Parkinson
Studio
Running Time
122 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language and brief sexuality
What is Control about?
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... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
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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