Control
“He had the spirit, but lost the feeling.”
The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
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Cast
35 people
Sam Riley
Ian Curtis
Known for
Maleficent
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Samantha Morton
Debbie Curtis
Known for
The Walking Dead
Minority Report
Alexandra Maria Lara
Annik Honoré
Known for
Downfall
Rush
Joe Anderson
Hooky
Known for
The Crazies
Horns
Toby Kebbell
Rob Greton
Known for
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Servant
Craig Parkinson
Tony Wilson
Known for
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Misfits
James Anthony Pearson
Bernard Sumner
Known for
Lip Service
Annika
Harry Treadaway
Steve Morris
Known for
Penny Dreadful
Star Trek: Picard
Robert Shelly
Twinny
Also in
Torchwood
Andrew Sheridan
Terry
Known for
Chernobyl
The Couple Next Door
Richard Bremmer
Ian's Father
Known for
The Third Day
The 13th Warrior
Tanya Myers
Ian’s Mother
Known for
A Room for Romeo Brass
Anton Corbijn Director · Matt Greenhalgh Screenplay Deborah Curtis Author
Worldwide gross $8.2M · Budget $5M · United States release October 10, 2007
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$8,200,000
Gross vs. budget
1.6×
Production
NorthSee
Production
EM Media
Production
3 Dogs & a Pony
Production
IFF/CINV
Production
The Weinstein Company
Studio · Production
Becker International
Production
Claraflora
Production
United Kingdom · Japan · United States · Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 17, 2007
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United Kingdom · October 5, 2007
Theatrical
United States · October 10, 2007
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
October 4, 2007 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
October 13, 2007 · Premiere · Austin Film Festival
October 19, 2007 · Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
Australia
June 16, 2007 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
August 1, 2007 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
October 25, 2007 · Theatrical
Belgium
September 12, 2007 · Theatrical
Bosnia & Herzegovina
August 19, 2007 · Premiere · Sarajevo Film Festival
Brazil
September 20, 2007 · Premiere · Rio De Janeiro International Film Festival
May 23, 2008 · Theatrical
Canada
September 7, 2007 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
October 1, 2007 · Premiere · Edmonton International Film Festival
October 18, 2007 · Premiere · Festival of New Cinema Montreal
Czechia
March 13, 2008 · Limited theatrical
April 12, 2012 · Premiere · Days of Europe Film Festival
Denmark
January 11, 2008 · Theatrical
Estonia
August 8, 2008 · Theatrical
Finland
September 20, 2007 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
November 23, 2007 · Theatrical
France
September 26, 2007 · Theatrical
Germany
October 3, 2007 · Premiere · Hamburg Film Festival
January 10, 2008 · Theatrical
Greece
September 27, 2007 · Premiere · Athens Film Festival
October 18, 2007 · Theatrical
Hungary
August 28, 2008 · Theatrical
Iceland
September 27, 2007 · Premiere · Reykjavik International Film Festival
Ireland
October 5, 2007 · Theatrical
Israel
February 14, 2008 · Theatrical
Italy
October 24, 2008 · Theatrical
Japan
March 15, 2008 · Theatrical
Mexico
April 4, 2008 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 11, 2007 · Theatrical
New Zealand
July 19, 2007 · Premiere · Auckland International Film Festival
Norway
October 26, 2007 · Theatrical
Philippines
August 8, 2007 · Premiere · Cinemanila International Film Festival
Poland
July 29, 2007 · Premiere · ERA New Horizons Film Festival
March 7, 2008 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 15, 2007 · Theatrical
March 7, 2008 · Theatrical
Romania
June 3, 2008 · Premiere · Transilvania International Film Festival
Russia
March 27, 2008 · Limited theatrical
Slovenia
November 14, 2007 · Premiere · Ljubljana International Film Festival
South Korea
October 30, 2008 · Theatrical
Spain
April 8, 2009 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 11, 2008 · Theatrical
Taiwan
May 2, 2008 · Theatrical
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