---
title: 'Control (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anton Corbijn'
released: '2007-05-17'
runtime_minutes: 122
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/control-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421082/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Control (2007)

2007 · R · 122 min · Drama, History, Music · Australia, United Kingdom, United States, Japan


## Synopsis

Control is a 2007 biographical film about the life of Ian Curtis, singer of the late-1970s English rock 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's widow Deborah, who served as a co-producer on the film. Tony Wilson, who released Joy Division's records through his Factory Records label, also served as a co-producer. Curtis' bandmates Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris provided incidental music for the soundtrack via their post-Joy 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 black-and-white. Its title comes from the Joy Division song "She's Lost Control", and alludes to the fact that much of the plot deals with the notion that Curtis tried to remain in control of his own life, and yet had no control over his epilepsy and pharmaceutical side effects.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anton Corbijn](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-corbijn)
- **Producer:** [Anton Corbijn](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-corbijn), [Tony Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-wilson)
- **Screenplay:** [Matt Greenhalgh](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-greenhalgh)
- **Original Music Composer:** [New Order](https://cinepixo.com/people/new-order)
- **Director of Photography:** [Martin Ruhe](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-ruhe)
- **Editor:** [Andrew Hulme](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-hulme)

## Cast

- [Richard Bremmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-bremmer) as Ian's father
- [Herbert Grönemeyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-gronemeyer)
- [Sam Riley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-riley) as Ian Curtis
- [John Cooper Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cooper-clarke) as self
- [Joe Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-anderson) as Peter Hook
- [Matthew McNulty](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-mcnulty)
- [Mary Jo Randle](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-jo-randle) as Deborah's mother
- [Craig Parkinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-parkinson) as Tony Wilson
- [Alexandra Maria Lara](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandra-maria-lara) as Annik Honoré
- [Andrew Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-sheridan)
- [Harry Treadaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-treadaway) as Stephen Morris
- [Toby Kebbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-kebbell) as Rob Gretton
- [Eliot Otis Brown Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/eliot-otis-brown-walters)
- [Samantha Morton](https://cinepixo.com/people/samantha-morton) as Deborah Curtis
- [James Anthony Pearson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-anthony-pearson) as Bernard Sumner

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/control-2007
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