Excel releases ‘Control’ on DVD

MUMBAI: Excel Home Videos has released Anton Corbijn‘s German documentary Control on DVD.

Priced at Rs 499, the DVD also includes features like ‘about the movie‘, ‘about the director‘, ‘awards‘, ‘screenings‘ and ‘poster‘.

Control is based on Deborah Curtis‘s journal, ‘Touching from a Distance‘. It also encapsulates interviews with people who knew Curtis.

The documentary was premiered at Cannes Film Festival. It also bagged the best British independent film award in 2007. The movie was also honored with the best new British feature award and the most popular feature film prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival respectively in 2007.

Sam Riley plays the role of Curtis in Control where he depicts the singer‘s struggle in coping with teenage marriage, infidelity, epilepsy and growing fame.