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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@mindspring.com> |
| Subject | joy division biopic |
| Date | Thu, 20 May 2004 09:25:04 -0400 |
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... Not too sure how many fans we have in the ranks.
But I'm personally fascinated by this (Courtesy of today's Guardian):
Staff and agencies
Thursday May 20, 2004
The production team behind last year's Secretary is planning to make a film based on the life of Joy Division front man Ian Curtis, who died in 1980 at the age of 23. Entitled Transmission, the film will be scripted and directed by Michael Stock and produced by Amy Hobby through her company Double A Films.
Hobby recently secured the rights to the memoir Touching From a Distance, written by Deborah Curtis, the singer's widow. The book gives a personal account of Curtis's Manchester upbringing, his bouts of depression, struggle with epilepsy and role within Joy Division. Following Curtis's suicide in May 1980, on the eve of a US tour, his fellow band-members went on to further success as the rebranded New Order.
While the film's casting has yet to be announced, the US singer Moby has already stepped in as "musical advisor" while Neil Weisman, a cohort of former Factory Records boss Tony Wilson, will provide creative guidance. Speaking to variety magazine at the Cannes film festival earlier this week, Weisman described Curtis as "a tragic romantic in the classic sense of the word. He always thought that he would be famous as some kind of poet and die in his mid-20s, and that's what happened."
The tale of Joy Division and New Order recently played a significant supporting role in Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People, an overview of the Manchester music scene as witnessed through the eyes of Tony Wilson. On that occasion, the role of Curtis was played by British actor Sean Harris.
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John L. Micek
State Government Reporter
The Morning Call
Harrisburg, Pa.
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