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Control (2007)  link to Control on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 176

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IMDb Rating:
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7.8/10 (50557 votes)

Country: UK, 122 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Music, Biography

Director(s): David J. Eagle

Cast: Sam Riley (as Ian Curtis), Samantha Morton (as Debbie Curtis), Alexandra Maria Lara (as Annik Honore), Joe Anderson (as Peter Hook aka Hooky), James Anthony Pearson (as Bernard Sumner)

Medium: Original DVD,

Storyline: Ian Curtis is a quiet and rather sad lad who works for an employment agency and sings in a band called Warsaw. He meets a girl named Debbie whom he promptly marries and his band, of which the name in the meantime has been changed to Joy Division, gets more and more successful. Even though Debbie and he become parents, their relationship is going downhill rapidly and Ian starts an affair with Belgium Annik whom he met after one of the gigs and he's almost never at home. Ian also suffers from epilepsy and has no-good medication for it. He doesn't know how to handle the feelings he has for Debbie and Annik and the pressure the popularity of Joy Division and the energy performing costs him.

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1