Control

2007 film directed by Anton Corbijn
Movie film Q1129186
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Control

Summary

Control is a film[1]. Control ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (821 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Control received the British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film[3].
  • Control received the BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer[4].
  • Control's instance of is recorded as film[5].
  • Control's director is recorded as Anton Corbijn[6].
  • Control's screenwriter is recorded as Matt Greenhalgh[7].
  • Control's composer is recorded as New Order[8].
  • Control's genre is recorded as biographical film[9].
  • Control's genre is recorded as drama film[10].
  • Control's genre is recorded as independent film[11].
  • Control's genre is recorded as musical film[12].
  • Control's based on is recorded as Touching from a Distance[13].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as Sam Riley[14].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as Samantha Morton[15].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as Alexandra Maria Lara[16].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as Toby Kebbell[17].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as Joe Anderson[18].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as Harry Treadaway[19].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as John Cooper Clarke[20].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as Matthew McNulty[21].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as Richard Bremmer[22].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as Andrew Sheridan[23].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as Craig Parkinson[24].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as James Anthony Pearson[25].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as Herbert Grönemeyer[26].
  • Control's cast member is recorded as Eliot Otis Brown Walters[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Tony Wilson[28] and Anton Corbijn[29]. Control's director is recorded as Anton Corbijn[6]. Control's screenwriter is recorded as Matt Greenhalgh[7]. Cast members include Sam Riley[14], Samantha Morton[15], Alexandra Maria Lara[16], Toby Kebbell[17], Joe Anderson[18], and Harry Treadaway[19].

Publication

Publication dates include +2007-05-17T00:00:00Z[30] and +2008-01-10T00:00:00Z[31]. Control's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[32]. Genres include biographical film[9], drama film[10], independent film[11], and musical film[12].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Ian Curtis[33], suicidal ideation[34], romantic love[35], love triangle[36], epilepsy[37], and musician[38].

Reception

Awards received include British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film[3], a British Independent Film Awards[39], in United Kingdom[40] and BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer[4], a film award category[41], in United Kingdom[42]. Reviews include 88%[43], 7.4/10[44], and 78/100[45].

Why It Matters

Control ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (821 views/month).[2] Control has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Control is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

FAQs

What awards did Control receive?

Honors received include British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film[3] and BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [10] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [28] . wikidata.org.
  25. [29] . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] . wikidata.org.
  27. [4] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [43] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [44] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [45] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [33] . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [34] . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [35] . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [36] . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [37] . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [38] . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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