Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 06/03/2008
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 122 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Weinstein Company
Prolific music-video helmer and award-winning photographer
Anton Corbijn makes his feature directorial debut with this biographical
drama concerning the late
Joy Division frontman
Ian Curtis. Based on the book
Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis & Joy Division by the enigmatic singer's wife
Deborah Curtis,
Control documents the life of a legend who changed the face of modern music but never lived to witness the remarkable impact of his life's work. The time was the late 1970s, and the
post-punk explosion was just gaining momentum in England. At the forefront of this movement was a band named
Joy Division. Formed in 1976 and first calling themselves
Warsaw,
Joy Division favored mood and expression over the aggressive stance that had come to define
punk rock. The band was championed by
Factory Records founder
Tony Wilson, and collaborated with producer
Martin Hannett on the album that would become their undisputed masterpiece -- 1979's
Unknown Pleasures. But despite the band's rising popularity, lead singer
Curtis was not in good mental or physical health due a debilitating battle with epilepsy and an extramarital affair, and hanged himself in his Macclesfield home on the eve of the band's first U.S. tour. Newcomer
Sam Riley stars opposite
Samantha Morton in the film that sets out to tell the definitive story of a true
rock & roll legend.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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