CONTROL (THE MIRIAM COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 2007
• Genre: Drama, Music
• Plot: 'Perfectly attuned to the raw pulse of late-70's post-punk' (Troy Patterson, Spin Magazine), Control tells the remarkable story of Ian Curtis, lead singer of the influential band Joy Division and one of the most enigmatic figures in all of rock music. Based on his wife's memoir, Control follows Curtis's humble Manchester origins, his rapid rise to fame, tormented battle with epilepsy, and struggles with love that led to his death at the age of 23. Starring Sam Riley in an acclaimed breakout performance and Samantha Morton as his teenage bride, Control is 'a stunning look at the head-spinning, tragic world of a gifted musician' (Pete Hammond, Maxim).
• Cast: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, James Anthony Pearson, Harry Treadaway, Craig Parkinson, Toby Kebbell, 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, Nigel Harris, Anton Corbijn, Deborah Curtis, Matt Greenhalgh
• Director: Anton Corbijn
• Runtime: 2:02
• Company: Alliance Films, Weinstein Company
• Media Format: Movie