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Control (2007)

Directed by Anton Corbijn

Biography | Drama | Music

Most recently watched by JohnPeel

Overview

The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band’s first American tour in 1980.

Rated R | Length 121 minutes

Actors

Samantha Morton | Sam Riley | Alexandra Maria Lara | Joe Anderson | Toby Kebbell | Craig Parkinson | James Anthony Pearson | Harry Treadaway | Andrew Sheridan | Robert Shelly | Richard Bremmer | Tanya Myers | Martha Myers Lowe | Matthew McNulty | David Whittington | Margaret Jackman | Mary Jo Randle | Ben Naylor | John Cooper Clarke | James Fortune | Angus Addenbrooke | Nicola Harrison | June Alliss | George Newton | Mark Jardine | Herbert Grönemeyer | Paul Arlington | Tim Plester | Joanna Swain | Joseph Marshall | Laura Chambers | Eliot Otis Brown Walters | Monica Axelsson | Lotti Closs | Eady Williams

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
01/31/2013TVDVDLibrary8 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Being a huge Joy Division fan, not sure why I put off seeing this for so long. Corbijn shot the movie in gorgeous black and white which really seems to fit the subject matter.

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