Control

Control (2007)

Timing: 2:1 (121 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2007-09-12

Country

Australia, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Becker International, Claraflora, EM Media, NorthSee, Warner Music UK, Three Dogs And A Pony

Genre

Drama

Budget

$4 500 000

Revenue

$8 159 508

Website

http://www.controlthemovie.com

Director

Anton Corbijn

Actors

Samantha Morton, Sam Riley, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, Toby Kebbell, Craig Parkinson, James Anthony Pearson, Harry Treadaway, Andrew Sheridan, Robert Shelly
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Scenario

Producer

Anton Corbijn, Orian Williams, Todd Eckert, Iain Canning, Akira Ishii, Lizzie Francke, Korda Marshall

Operator

Martin Ruhe

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Andrew Hulme
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• Control is the first feature film by photographer and artist Anton Corbijn.
• The film is based on the memoirs of Deborah Curtis, the wife of Ian Curtis, whom he married at the age of 19. In 'Control,' Samantha Morton played the role of Deborah.
• Anton Corbijn planned to cast Cillian Murphy as Ian Curtis.
• James Pearson, who played one of the members of Joy Division, learned to play the guitar in 2 months specifically for the film.
• Sam Riley performs all the songs in the film himself (with New Order, the remaining members of Joy Division).
• The film's title references the Joy Division song "She's Lost Control"; it is considered that this work most fully reflects the worldview of Ian Curtis, who took his own life.
• "Control" was actually filmed in color, and then converted to black and white.
• Anton Corbijn planned to cast Cillian Murphy in the role of Ian Curtis.
• Sam Riley performs all the songs in the film himself (with New Order, the remaining members of Joy Division).
• The title of the film refers to the Joy Division song "She's Lost Control," and it is considered that this work most fully reflects Ian Curtis's worldview.
• The film was shot in color, but was converted to black and white in post-production.
• The film's title references the Joy Division song 'She's Lost Control,' and is considered to most fully reflect Ian Curtis's worldview.