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starring: Samantha Morton, Sam Riley (II), Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson (VI), Toby Kebbell directed by: Anton Corbijn See Larger Image List Price: $28.95 Our Price: $11.49 You Save: $17.46 (60%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $10.59 Third Party New Price: $11.49 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: CONTROL (DVD MOVIE) EAN: 0796019810258 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen Label: The Weinstein Company Manufacturer: The Weinstein Company Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: The Weinstein Company Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 03, 2008 Running Time: 122 minutes Sales Rank: 2388 Studio: The Weinstein Company Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Related Items: Joy Division (The Miriam Collection) Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division There Will Be Blood 24 Hour Party People The Future Is Unwritten see more Editorial Review: Description: 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' humble Manchester origins and his rapid rise to fame, tormented battle with epilepsy, and struggles with love that led to his death at the age of 23. Amazon.com: In his elegiac debut, Anton Corbijn combines the music film with the social drama to stunning success. Based on Deborah Curtis's clear-eyed biography, Touching from a Distance, Control recounts the wrenching tale of a working-class lad about to hit the highest highs only to be waylaid by the lowest lows. Born and raised in Macclesfield, a suburban community outside Manchester, Ian Curtis (newcomer Sam Riley in a remarkable performance) dreams of fronting a band. Just out of high school in the mid-1970s, he finds three like minds with whom he forms post-punk quartet Warsaw--better known as Joy Division (Riley and castmates ably recreate their somber sound). All the while, he falls in love, marries, and fathers a child with Deborah (Samantha Morton, turning a thankless role into a triumph). While Curtis should be enjoying parenthood and newfound fame, he's plagued by seizures. A diagnosis of epilepsy leads to powerful medications with unpredictable side effects. Then, while on tour, he falls in love with another woman. His solution to these problems is a matter of public record, but Corbijn concentrates on Curtis's life rather than his death. Just as Control establishes a link between such disparate black and white works as fellow photographer Bruce Weber's Let's Get Lost and kitchen-sink classics like The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, the Dutch-born, UK-based director presents his subject not as some iconic T-shirt image, but as a deeply flawed--if massively talented--human being. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - London Calling An explosive, brooding genius: Ian Curtis followed a long line of artists (Sid Vicious, Keith Haring, James Dean, Buddy Holly) who crashed and burned prematurely. Anton Corbijn's compact, masterful study of The Joy Division and its lead singer's fall is moody in all the right ways, its black-and-white palette a fitting metaphor for the hero's bleak working-class origins, the harrowing depictions of Curtis's epilepsy, his attempts to manage it through hit-and-miss drug regimens and its devastating ... Read More Rating: - One More Life of (Not So) Quiet Desperation Control has some things going for it -- two very strong performances from San Riley as Ian Curtis and Samantha Morton as his wife, Debbie. It's also filmed in crisp, unforgiving black and white, calling to mind smoke-filled art house cinemas and the works they showed twenty years before Joy Division's short-lived moment. So I wanted to like it more than I did. But it's too long (doomed rock star biopics should never run more than 90 minutes) and it was hard for me at least to work up much sympathy ... Read More Rating: - Black and White suits the subject We really enjoyed this movie. I've never seen Sam Riley act in anything before, but his portrayal of Ian Curtis in this movie was amazing. The black and white style of the film made the period of the late 70's and early 80's in England's music scene seem more effective. Samantha Morton did a good job of portraying Ian's wife as well. Highly recommended for Joy Division fans, or fans of that era in England's music scene. Rating: - Kick @rse Rockumentry 1 Thing I got 2 Say About Control was "Kick @rse!" Because Sam Riley PLayed Ian Curtis,Lead Singer Of Joy Division Bloody good and he looked Like him and Even Samantha Morton Played His Wife,Debbie.I 1st Saw that Movie @ the Landmark Theatres Last year and I was Hooked!!! Rating: - Excellent Good movie not only for the hard-core JD/NO fan, but for those who've heard the story and want the details. From what has been published about the JD story, this movie seems dead-on accurate. And you get an eerie look at the breakdown and fall of Ian Curtis. The Joy Division documentary fills in a couple of the gaps, and shows you what those around Ian felt about it all afterwards, so it's a good followup. But "Control" did a great job showing the story. see more Browse for similar items by category: By Country - Art House & International - Genres - DVD - Video - Australia & New Zealand Japan - By Country - Art House & International - Genres - DVD - Video - Drama Japan - By Country - Art House & International - Genres - DVD - Video - General AAS British Cinema - By Country - Art House & International - Genres - DVD - Video - Drama British Cinema - By Country - Art House & International - Genres - DVD - Video - General