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Synopsis: Ian Curtis is a quiet and rather sad lad who works for an employment agency and sings in a band called Warsaw. He meets a girl named Debbie whom he promptly marries and his band, of which the name in the meantime has been changed to Joy Division, gets more and more successful. Even though Debbie and he become parents, their relationship is going downhill rapidly and Ian starts an affair with Belgium Annik whom he met after one of the gigs and he's almost never at home. Ian also suffers from epilepsy and has no-good medication for it. He doesn't know how to handle the feelings he has for Debbie and Annik and the pressure the popularity of Joy Division and the energy performing costs him.
Director(s): Anton Corbijn
Production: The Weinstein Company
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 31 wins & 33 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
2007
122 min
$900,000
Website
903 Views


Shows he's serious, though.

- How you feelin', Tony?

- Mmm.

I've felt better.

Hold on. You spelled Morriss wrong.

It's supposed to be double S.

Tony, you're gonna have to add

another S to this, kid.

Do I have to?

It's not very professional to spell

the drummer's name wrong, is it?

Job's a good 'un. Thanks, Tony.

So...

...I can officially announce

to the press

Joy Division have signed with Factory?

Can you f***? I'll give you a ring

and arrange a proper meeting Monday.

Bit of a drama queen, isn't he?

Ian...

...please come to bed.

Right, Geoff, well,

there's your reference.

Thank you.

- That's fine.

- Well, good luck with it.

Thank you very much.

We are gonna be late, you know.

All right?

- What's up?

- Bloody dying with the flu.

He's all right,

just a bit of a sniffle.

He's f***in' scared of playing

London for the first time.

Chocks away.

Well, that was sh*t.

First gig in London,

there's nobody there.

And now I'm freezing.

I told you it's broke.

Well, you're probably just too thick

to work it properly.

It's a heater, Ian.

You turn it on and it heats up.

And that one doesn't, 'cause it's broke.

Give us a go on your sleeping bag.

- I'm dying here.

- Ten minutes. I'll give you it back.

- No.

- Don't be so spoilt.

- I'm not. I'm dying!

- You've got a little cold

and that's it, babyface!

- Hey!

- F*** off!

- Pack it in, the pair of you.

- Ten minutes, I'll give it back!

I'm gonna crash the bloody car.

- Ian, you f***in' menk!

- Ian, calm it, mate!

F***in' hell.

Pull over. Steve, pull over.

Hooky, quick, quick, give us a hand.

Yeah, I've got his knees.

F***in' hell.

Ian, what's up with you, mate?

F***, I thought he was just

trying to warm himself up.

This isn't right, this, Rob.

- What's the story, then?

- He's had some kind of fit.

Oh, right. They're clever,

these doctors, aren't they?

- What kind?

- Epilepsy. They're not sure.

I thought epilepsy

was only for head-the-balls.

- What?

- Head-the-balls. Spaccas.

Nice, Hooky, nice.

- So is he gonna be all right?

- He's not said a lot.

Well, if he were chatty we'd be worried.

We'll try you on...

carbamazepine...

...phenytoin,

tiagabine and oxcarbazipine,

to be taken with the, uh, phenobarbital

that they gave you at the hospital.

In the meantime you'll be

on the waiting list to see

a neurologist specialist

at Macclesfield General.

You should also be getting

plenty of early nights

and steering away from alcohol.

It's a matter of trial and error

until the right drug or

combination of drugs is found.

Some might work.

And... are there any side effects?

Carbamazepine's side effects

include skin rash,

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Matt Greenhalgh

Matthew Greenhalgh (born 1972) is an English screenwriter from Manchester, England. He is best known for writing the screenplay to the film Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, which earned him a BAFTA Award nomination Best Adapted Screenplay. more…

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