Here are the feature films dedicated to the band and their associates.
24 Hour Party People
2002
On Factory and the Mancunian scene from the punk era to the bitter end of Factory and the Haçienda
Michael Winterbottom, one of England's finest movie directors along with Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, and screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce managed to create a movie filled with humour, music, fun, sadness, madness... Most likely different from the real story, but at the same time pretty close. The legend? The truth? Hard to tell which is which if you were not part of it - and maybe even if you were part of it! But who really cares? The movie is brilliant, and the actors bluffing!
Directed by
Michael Winterbottom
Photo c/o Filmfour.com
Photo © Jeff Vespa
Screenplay by
Frank Cottrell Boyce
with actors
Steve Coogan (as Tony Wilson)
Paddy Considine (as Rob Gretton)
Photo © Jeff Vespa
Andy Serkis (as Martin Hannett)
Lennie James (as Alan Erasmus)
Photo c/o Filmfour.com
Enzo Cilenti (as Peter Saville)
Photo © Dave Hogan
Sean Harris (as Ian Curtis)
Ralf Little (as Peter Hook)
John Simm (as Bernard Albrecht/Sumner)
Photo c/o Filmfour.com
Tim Horrocks (as Steve Morris)
Anna Tyborczyk (as Gillian Gilbert)
Shirley Henderson (as Lindsay Wilson)
Photo c/o Filmfour.com
Kate Magowan (as Yvette Wilson)
Martin Coogan (as Chris Nagle)
Photo © Paul Cliff
and the real
Tony Wilson
Mark E. Smith
Howard Devoto
Iggy Pop
The Sex Pistols
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Stranglers
Mike Pickering...
Photo © Jon Shard
Photo © Jon Shard
Photo © Frank Micelotta
More info at IMDB
Control
2007
Biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis
Anton Corbijn, the famous Dutch photographer, who moved to the UK to work with Joy Division, and later U2 and R.E.M. to name but a few, directed his first film to tell Ian's life. The film is based on the book "Touching From A Distance" written by Ian's widow, Deborah, with the assistance of Matt Greenhalgh, and is shot in black and white. Control won several prizes including at the Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by
Anton Corbijn
Photo © Dean Rogers
Screenplay by
Matt Greenhalgh
Photo © Simon Denton
based on the book "Touching From A Distance" by
Deborah Curtis
Photo © Natalie Curtis
with actors
Sam Riley (as Ian Curtis)
Photo © Dean Rogers Photo © Dean Rogers
Joe Anderson (as Peter Hook)
Photo © Dean Rogers
James Anthony Pearson (as Bernard Albrecht/Sumner)
Photo © Dean Rogers
Harry Treadaway (as Steve Morris)
Photo © Dean Rogers
Toby Kebbell (as Rob Gretton)
Photo © Dean Rogers Photo © John Cary
Craig Parkinson (as Tony Wilson)
Photo © Dean Rogers
Ben Naylor (as Martin Hannett)
Andrew Sheridan (as Terry Mason)
Robert Shelly (as Twinny)
Samantha Morton (as Deborah Curtis)
Alexandra Maria Lara (as Annik Honoré)
Photo © Dean Rogers
and Herbert Grönemeyer...
Photo © Dean Rogers Photo © Dean Rogers Photo © Dean Rogers
Photo © Dean Rogers Photo © Dean Rogers
Photo © Dean Rogers
French press kit
French press kit erratum
More info at IMDB and at controlthemovie.com
Joy Division
A Documentary
2007
An account of the story of Joy Division
An excellent complement to the two feature films with Joy Division survivors, Factory associates, many other persons who were involved and rare archive footage!
Directed by
Grant Gee
Written by
Jon Savage
Main research by
Ed Webb-Ingall
with
Ian Curtis
Peter Hook
Stephen Morris
Bernard Albrecht/Sumner
Rob Gretton
Martin Hannett
Peter Saville
Tony Wilson
and
Richard Boon
Anton Corbijn
Kevin Cummins
Alan Hempsall
Annik Honoré
Terry Mason
Paul Morley
John Peel
Genesis P-Orridge
Lindsay Reade
Richard Searling
Jon Wozencroft...
More info at IMDB