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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.
2007 · Directed by Anton Corbijn · 122 min · Drama · 12 frames
Tagline
He had the spirit, but lost the feeling.
Crew
- Screenplay: Matt Greenhalgh
- Cinematography: Martin Ruhe
- Edited by: Andrew Hulme
- Production design: Chris Roope
- Produced by: Anton Corbijn, Orian Williams, Todd Eckert
Cast
- Sam Riley as Ian Curtis
- Samantha Morton as Debbie Curtis
- Alexandra Maria Lara as Annik Honoré
- Joe Anderson as Hooky
- Toby Kebbell as Rob Greton
- Craig Parkinson as Tony Wilson
- James Anthony Pearson as Bernard Sumner
- Harry Treadaway as Steve Morris
- Robert Shelly as Twinny
- Andrew Sheridan as Terry
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, Japan
- Language: English
- Studios: NorthSee, EM Media, 3 Dogs & a Pony, IFF/CINV
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $8,200,000
- Themes: suicide, new love, rock 'n' roll, wife, epilepsy, medicine, punk rock, recording contract, record producer, record label
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