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Control

2007 film directed by Anton Corbijn
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Summary

Control is a film[1]. Control ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,162 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film[3], BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer[4]
  • Director: Anton Corbijn[5]
  • Screenwriter: Matt Greenhalgh[6]
  • Composer: New Order[7]
  • Genre: biographical film[8], drama film[9], independent film[10], musical film[11]
  • Based on: Touching from a Distance[12]
  • Cast member: Sam Riley[13], Samantha Morton[14], Alexandra Maria Lara[15], Toby Kebbell[16], Joe Anderson[17], Harry Treadaway[18], John Cooper Clarke[19], Matthew McNulty[20], Richard Bremmer[21], Andrew Sheridan[22], Craig Parkinson[23], James Anthony Pearson[24], Herbert Grönemeyer[25], Eliot Otis Brown Walters[26]
  • Producer: Tony Wilson[27], Anton Corbijn[28]
  • Director of photography: Martin Ruhe[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[30]
  • Soundtrack release: Control: Music From the Motion Picture[31]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[32]
  • Review score: 88%[33], 7.4/10[34], 78/100[35]
  • Color: black-and-white[36]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[37], United States[38], Australia[39], Japan[40]
  • Publication date: May 17, 2007[41], January 10, 2008[42]
  • Distributed by: Casini Editore[43]
  • Narrative location: England[44]
  • Official website: http://www.controlthemovie.com[45]
  • Filming location: Cheshire[46]
  • Main subject: Ian Curtis[47], suicidal ideation[48], romantic love[49], love triangle[50], epilepsy[51], musician[52], rock music[53], music industry[54]
  • Film editor: Andrew Hulme[55]
  • Nominated for: British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film[56], British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film[57], BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer[58], BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role[59], BAFTA Award for Best British Film[60], European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year[61]
  • Executive producer: Iain Canning[62]
  • Title: Control[63]

Why It Matters

Control has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Control is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

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].

Related Entities

Alexandra Maria Lara Anton Corbijn Australia England film Herbert Grönemeyer Ian Curtis Japan Samantha Morton Sam Riley United Kingdom United States

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [64] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [65] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Set in period → 1970s, 1980
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