3 Movies Directed by Anton Corbijn

Control

Control

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-10-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA, Australia, Japan

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (48287 Reviews)

Director:

Anton Corbijn

Cast:

Writer:

Deborah Curtis (book)

Matt Greenhalgh (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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.

The American

The American

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-09-01

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (75335 Reviews)

Director:

Anton Corbijn

Cast:

Writer:

Rowan Joffe (screenplay)

Martin Booth (novel)

Fullplot:

Alone among assassins, Jack is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Pavel that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde, is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself, Jack seeks out the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto and pursues romance with local woman Clara. But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate.

A Most Wanted Man

A Most Wanted Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-08-01

Languages:

English, Turkish

Countries:

UK, USA, Germany

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (48799 Reviews)

Director:

Anton Corbijn

Cast:

Writer:

Andrew Bovell (screenplay)

John le Carrè (novel)

Stephen Cornwell (additional writing)

Fullplot:

When a half-Chechen, half-Russian, brutally tortured immigrant turns up in Hamburg's Islamic community, laying claim to his father's ill gotten fortune, both German and US security agencies take a close interest: as the clock ticks down and the stakes rise, the race is on to establish this most wanted man's true identity - oppressed victim or destruction-bent extremist? Based on John le Carrè's novel, A MOST WANTED MAN is a contemporary, cerebral tale of intrigue, love, rivalry, and politics that prickles with tension right through to its last heart-stopping scene.

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