![]() ![]() One of Ian’s clients has an epileptic fit, and he writes “She’s Lost Control.” He’ll soon show symptoms of epilepsy himself.Ĭontrol adds many particulars that aren’t in 24 Hour Party People, but two are significant: Manager Rob Gretton (a brash Toby Kebbell) is portrayed as meaner and more manipulative, and Ian’s relationship with Annik Honoré (Alexandra Maria Lara) is central to his fate. Ian becomes the singer of Warsaw, which becomes Joy Division. ![]() Then life is transformed by the Sex Pistols gig attended by Manchester’s future punk elite. They move into a small rowhouse and have a baby, and Ian takes a job as an unemployment-office counselor. He coolly steals his best friend’s girlfriend, Debbie (Samantha Morton), and proposes marriage during a walk in the country. Teenage Ian (Sam Riley) is a Wordsworth fan and Bowie obsessive with the darkly charismatic manner of a potential cult leader. The film opens in Macclesfield, south of Manchester, in 1973. ![]()
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