Control (2007 film)

Control is a 2007 BritishAmerican biographical film about the life of Ian Curtis, singer of the late1970s English postpunk band Joy Division. It is the first feature film directed by Anton Corbijn, who had worked with Joy Division as a photographer. The screenplay by Matt Greenhalgh was based on the biography Touching from a Distance by Curtis widow Deborah, who served as a coproducer on the film. Tony Wilson, who released Joy Divisions records through his Factory Records label, also served as a coproducer. Curtis bandmates Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris provided incidental music for the soundtrack via their postJoy Division incarnation New Order. Control was filmed partly on location in Nottingham, Manchester, and Macclesfield, including areas where Curtis lived, and was shot in colour and then printed to blackandwhite. Its title comes from the Joy Division song Shes Lost Control, and the fact that much of the plot deals with the notion that Curtis tried to remain so in control of his own life, and yet had no control over his epilepsy and pharmaceutical side effects.

Ian Curtis Sam Riley and Debbie Woodruff Samantha Morton marry in 1975 in their home town of Macclesfield at agesand 18, respectively. Ian retreats from domestic life, preferring to write poetry in solitude. On June 4, 1976 they attend a Sex Pistols concert with Bernard Sumner James Anthony Pearson, Peter Hook Joe Anderson, and Terry Mason Andrew Sheridan, who are starting a band. Mesmerized by the concert, Ian volunteers to be their singer. They name themselves Warsaw, and Terry moves into a managerial role with the addition of drummer Stephen Morris Harry Treadaway. The band debutsMay 1977 and soon rename themselves Joy Division. Ian and Debbie finance their first EP, An Ideal for Living 1978.During his job as an employment agent, Ian witnesses a seizure suffered by Corinne Lewis Nicola Harrison. Unsatisfied with the brief mention Joy Division receives from television host Tony Wilson Craig Parkinson, Ian demands that he put the band on his programme. In April 1978 Joy Division plays a battle of bands, impressing Tony and Rob Gretton Toby Kebbell, who becomes their new manager. They perform Transmission on Tonys programme and sign to his Factory Records label Tony signs the contract using his own blood. ........

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