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Breaking Away.(Sam Riley)(Interview)(Brief article)
Byline: by Sam Riley. editor: Valerie Steiker
The latest addition to the roster of hot young actors is a down-to-earth British rocker. Joan Juliet Buck is charmed
S am Riley became a star last year with his wrenching performance as Ian Curtis, the doomed frontman for the 1970s band Joy Division, in Anton Corbijn's film Control. He's got that punk Bambi combination of great bones, loose limbs, and Mick Jagger lips that are the features of such diverse Brits as Martin Amis and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, but he also has open access to the all-out Dionysian fire of a true Rocker.
Riley, born in Leeds 28 years ago, finds the new world of movie stardom highly unreal compared with the gritty circumstances of his own band, 10,000 Things. "There were six of us--I lost count--white boys wanting to rock. We'd tell amusing stories of everyday life to the punk-rock beat." Their tour bus, bought secondhand from the Leeds City Council, burned down when they left it with some Gypsies. The band was dropped by its label after its ...
- 'Control' deserves a crowd: Well-made music biopic reveals struggles of...
- News wire article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) October 26, 2007 700+ words
...Control" tells the story of Ian Curtis, the troubled lead singer of...whole ensemble is wonderful, but Sam Riley (as Ian Curtis) and Samantha Morton (as Deborah...4717. 'control' A- Starring: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton Director: Anton...
- Corbijn goes into production on Ian Curtis biopic.(Anton Corbijn)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Televisual August 1, 2006 700+ words
...the late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Control has Sam Riley in the lead role, with Samantha...spans the last few years of Ian Curtis' life leading up to his suicide...is co-producing alongside Ian Curtis' widow, Tony Wilson and Helena...
- BIFA kudos take 'Control'.(British Independent Film Awards)(Ian Curtis)(Toby...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Jaafar, Ali November 29, 2007 700+ words
...Corbijn's "Control," about doomed Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, won five laurels at the 10th British Independent Film Awards...Corbijn took both the director and the debut director honors; Sam Riley, who plays Curtis, notched most promising newcomer; and...
- Thesps line up for '13'.(In the News: A LOOK AT THE WEEK IN...
- Magazine article from: Variety November 10, 2008 700+ words
Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, Jason Statham, Sam Riley, 50 Cent and Ray Liotta will star in "13," an English-language remake of French fest fave "13 Tzameti" (2005). Gela Babluani will reprise his writing and directing duties.
- 'Control' is a beautiful look at an unhappy mind: 'Control' is a beautiful look...
- News wire article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) October 26, 2007 700+ words
...music. The walls closed in on Ian Curtis, front man of Joy Division...works especially well, as Sam Riley's Ian Curtis grows up before our eyes...Running time: 2:01. Ian Curtis ... Sam Riley Debbie Curtis ... Samantha...
- 'Control': Music biopics don't come better.
- News wire article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) October 26, 2007 700+ words
...Control" tells the story of Ian Curtis, the troubled lead singer of...whole ensemble is wonderful, but Sam Riley (as Ian Curtis) and Samantha Morton (as Deborah...4717. "CONTROL" A- Starring: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton Director: Anton...
- A little dramatic license never hurt anyone: actors sound off on where their...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Schaefer, Stephen Hofler, Robert Stewart, Anna December 7, 2007 700+ words
...your finger on what it is. It's like you walk out with fragrances of him, but nothing particular." SAM RILEY on playing Ian Curtis in "Control" "The setting and stories are true to the book 'Touching From a Distance,' like the scene...
- Work to begin on Ian Curtis film.(Entertainment News)
- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack January 20, 2005 700+ words
LONDON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The wife of late British singer Ian Curtis says the movie about his life almost did not materialize. "There was a time when I thought it would be better not to make the...
- How To Act As If You're In 'Control'.(Periscope; Worth Your Time)(movie)(Movie...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Yabroff, Jennie January 14, 2008 700+ words
...Byline: Jennie Yabroff In "Control," a British biopic about the 1980s post-punk band Joy Division, Sam Riley, as lead singer Ian Curtis, approaches the microphone with an air of reluctance. With his tidy haircut and shirt buttoned to the...
- Insight to grow its little Minx The corporate reseller has revealed plans to...
- Magazine article from: Computer Reseller News Woodburn, Doug August 18, 2008 700+ words
...appoints UK head Education technology vendor Promethean has appointed a new UK and Ireland head to spearhead its growth plans. Ian Curtis, who has more than 25 years of industry experience, will be based at the firm's Blackburn head office. Full story...
