Control (2004)

Director:

Tim Hunter

Writers (WGA):

Todd Slavkin (written by) &
Darren Swimmer (written by)

Release Date:

31 March 2005 (Portugal)

Genre:

Thriller | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Old habits die hard...

Plot:

A sociopath on death row is given a chance to live if he agrees to take part in a chemical behavioral modification program. |

Plot Keywords:

Capital Punishment | Remorse | Placebo | Escape Attempt | Sleeping Pill

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ray Liotta	...	Lee Ray Oliver
Willem Dafoe	...	Dr. Michael Copeland
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Teresa
Stephen Rea	...	Dr. Arlo Penner
Polly Walker	...	Barbara Copeland
Kathleen Robertson	...	Eden Ross
Tim DeKay	...	Bill Caputo
Mark Pickard	...	Gary Caputo
Stewart Alexander	...	Powell
Glenn Wrage	...	Gibson
Ivan Kaye	...	Norton
Mark Letheren	...	Villard
Anthony Warren	...	Brock
Raicho Vasilev	...	Vlas
Mac McDonald	...	Warden
Leroy Golding	...	Ralph
Mark Colleano	...	Skippy
Nick Brimble	...	Dimi Vertov
John Hansen	...	Pete
Chico Andrade	...	Gruff Man
Maxim Gentchev	...	Prison Doctor (as Maxim Genchev)
Daniel Samuel	...	Kid
Eric Meyers	...	Store Manager
Jonas Talkington	...	Pharmacist
Boyan Kuzov	...	Lee Ray - Age 4
Peter Petrov	...	Lee Ray - Age 10
Victor Krasimirov	...	Lee Ray - Age 16
Linda Russeva	...	Lee Ray's Mother
Dobrin Dosev	...	Manager II
Plamen Manassiev	...	Nicky (as Plamen Manasiev)

Directed by
Tim Hunter

Writing credits (WGA)
Todd Slavkin		(written by) &
Darren Swimmer		(written by)

Produced by
Boaz Davidson	....	executive producer
Danny Dimbort	....	executive producer
Charla Driver	....	line producer
Randall Emmett	....	producer
George Furla	....	producer
Andreas Grosch	....	producer
Avi Lerner	....	producer
Andreas Schmid	....	executive producer
Trevor Short	....	executive producer
John Thompson	....	executive producer
David Varod	....	producer

Original Music by
Louis Febre

Cinematography by
Denis Lenoir

Film Editing by
Sunny Hodge

Casting by
Anya Colloff
Amy McIntyre Britt

Production Design by
Katterina Keith

Art Direction by
Don Halton

Set Decoration by
Valentina Mladenova

Costume Design by
Lyubomir Doichinov		(executive costume designer)
Stacy Horn

Makeup Department
Sofi Hvarleva	....	makeup artist
Ivon Ivanova	....	makeup artist: Willem Dafoe
Judy Lovell	....	makeup artist: Ray Liotta
Rositsa Tsanovska	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Arie Bohrer	....	production supervisor
George Gale	....	post-production supervisor
Veselin Karadjov	....	production manager: second unit
Bobby Ranghelov	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vessela Bannzurkova	....	first assistant director: second unit
Petya Evtimova	....	second assistant director
Cole S. McKay	....	second unit director (as Cole McKay)
Peter Mechkoff	....	first assistant director: Bulgaria
Joel Morales	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Petko Angelov	....	set dresser
Rumen Bojinov	....	set dresser
Atanas Boyadjiev	....	set dresser
Stoyan Boyadjiev	....	set dresser
Dirk Buchmann	....	property master
Yavor Denev	....	stand-by set dresser
Niki Dikov	....	set dresser
Ivan Dimitrov	....	stand-by set dresser
Kamen Dimov	....	set dresser
Ventsislav Gergov	....	set dresser (as Vencislav Gergov)
Hristo Ginev	....	draftsman
Anna Hadzhieva	....	art department coordinator
Alexander Ivanov	....	set dresser
Alexei Karagyaur	....	graphic designer
Georgi Kodjabashhski	....	painter
Alexander Kotsev	....	art department buyer
Buddy MacKett	....	construction manager
Julieta Nikolova	....	draftswoman
Ivailo Nikolov	....	draftsman
Nikolai Nikolov	....	graphic designer
Krassimir Pashkulev	....	lead man (as Krasimir Pashkulev)
Ivan Petrov	....	stand-by props
Peter Rakovski	....	stand-by props
Lyubo Samardjiev	....	stand-by set dresser
Bilyana Sapareva	....	assistant props
Sonya Savova	....	draftswoman
Vladimir Sradkov	....	draftsman
Kalin Stefanov	....	set dresser
Rosen Stefanov	....	set dresser
Keith Van Der Vent	....	construction manager: second unit
Valeri Yankov	....	set dresser
Evgeni Yordanov	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Vince Balunas	....	adr editor
Vince Balunas	....	dialogue editor
Chris Boyett	....	adr editor
Daniel Colman	....	sound designer
Vladimir Kaloyanov	....	sound recordist
Sean Keegan	....	foley mixer
Jack Levy	....	supervising sound editor
Doug Madick	....	foley artist
Krasimir Shtabekov	....	boom operator
Yuri Tzolov	....	boom operator
Rich Weingart	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Miglena Bogdanova	....	special effects crew
Borislav Bogdanov	....	special effects crew
Willie Botha	....	special effects supervisor
Orlin Budinov	....	special effects crew
Sassi Franco	....	pyrotechnics supervisor
Kolio Guneshki	....	special effects crew
Todor Ignatov	....	special effects crew
Krasimir Ilievski	....	special effects crew
Lyudmil Ivanov	....	special effects crew
Ivo Jivkov	....	special effects crew
Georgi Karadjov	....	special effects crew
Peter Kolev	....	special effects crew
Anatoli Malev	....	special effects crew
Vasili Malev	....	special effects crew (as Vasilii Malev)
Lyudmil Nikolov	....	special effects crew
Simeon Nikolov	....	special effects crew
Atanas Peikov	....	special effects crew
Nikolai Rafailov	....	special effects assistant
Stefan Razlojki	....	armourer
Marten Ruskov	....	special effects crew
Kamen Sabev	....	special effects crew
Yana Stoyanova	....	special effects crew
Tzvetan Vasilev	....	special effects crew (as Tsvetan Vasilev)

Visual Effects by
Martin Avitia	....	optical lineup
Derek Bird	....	digital compositor
Miglena Boncheva	....	digital compositor
Angelina Borisowa	....	visual effect assistant editor
Scott Coulter	....	visual effects producer
Tinko Dimov	....	digital compositor
Anton Donchev	....	digital compositor
Stanislav Dragiev	....	visual effects supervisor on location
Nikolay Gachev	....	digital artist
Veselina Georgieva	....	visual effects compositor
Dobri Georgiev	....	digital artist
Danail Hadzhiyski	....	digital artist
Veselina Haralanova	....	digital compositor
Milosav Hugasian	....	visual effects coordinator
Jivko Ivanov	....	visual effects supervisor
Milen Jiliazkov	....	digital compositor (as Milen Jeliazkov)
Georgi Karantilski	....	color correction
Goro Karantilski	....	visual effects colorist
Ekaterina 'Kuki' Korabelnikova	....	digital effects artist
Zornitsa Krasteva	....	visual effects colorist
Julie Landholt	....	title graphics (as J. Kathryn Landholt)
Ivailo Marinov	....	digital artist
Jordan Markov	....	visual effects editor
Andrew Midgley	....	opticals supervisor
Tzvetanka Miladinova	....	digital compositor
Peter Nikolov	....	visual effects support staff
Marin Petrov	....	digital artist
Iavor Radev	....	visual effects coordinator
Galina Rankova	....	digital compositor
Krasimir Rizov	....	visual effects illustrator
Adriana Valcheva	....	digital cleanup artist

Stunts
Boyan Anev	....	stunts
Sonya Atanasova	....	stunts (as Sonia Atanasova)
Dimitar Dimitrov	....	stunts
Georgi Dimitrov	....	stunts
Ivailo Dimitrov	....	stunts
Dian Hristov	....	stunt driver
Radoslav Ignatov	....	stunts
Borislav Iliev	....	stunt coordinator (as Borislav 'Bobby' Iliev)
Danko Jordanov	....	stunts
George Karlukovski	....	stunts (as Georgi Karlukovski)
Kalin Kerin	....	stunt driver
Todor Lazarov	....	stunts
Krassimir Manov	....	stunts (as Krasimir Pashov)
Asen Marinov	....	stunt double: Willem Dafoe
Asen Marinov	....	stunts
Stilyan Mavrov	....	stunts (as Stilian Mavrov)
Cole S. McKay	....	stunt coordinator (as Cole McKay)
Kalin Milanov	....	stunts
Svetoslav Milenov	....	stunts
Trayan Milenov-Troy	....	stunts
Radoslav Parvanov	....	stunts
Emil Petkov	....	stunts
Sasho Petrov	....	stunts
Elitsa Rajeva	....	stunts
Svetoslav Rangelov	....	stunts
Vasil Simeonov	....	stunts
Svilen Skerlev	....	stunts
Stanimir Stamatov	....	stunt double: Ray Liotta
Stanimir Stamatov	....	stunts
Georgi Stanislavov	....	stunts
Vencislav Stojanov	....	stunts
Emil Tsolov	....	stunts
Teodor Tsolov	....	stunts
Raicho Vasilev	....	stunts
Kaloian Vodenicharov	....	utility stunts
Yordan Zahariev	....	stunts (as Jordan Zahariev)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mihail Apostolov	....	grip
Mario Asparughov	....	electrician
Miroslav Borisov	....	grip
Matteo Carlesimo	....	steadicam operator
Andrej Certov	....	camera operator: second unit (as Andrei Chertov)
Andrej Certov	....	camera operator: third camera (as Andrei Chertov)
Andrej Certov	....	director of photography: second unit (as Andrei Chertov)
Spiro Dichev	....	grip
Lyubomir Dimitrov	....	camera loader: second unit
Hristo Elandjiev	....	best boy
Vladimir Ficherov	....	electrician (as Vlado Ficherov)
Georgi Geanelos	....	focus puller: second camera, second unit
Ivailo Genchev	....	electrician
Hristo Genkov	....	assistant camera: second camera
Hristo Genkov	....	assistant camera: second camera, second unit
Stoyan Georgiev	....	grip
Lyubomir Hristoskov	....	grip
Rumen Idakiev	....	electrician
Krasi Iliev	....	electrician: second unit
Ivailo Ivanov	....	assistant camera
Toshko Kamenov	....	focus puller: second unit
Ivailo Kostov	....	electrician
Nikolai Kostov	....	best boy grip
Borislav Krastanov	....	electrician: second unit
Kalina Krasteva	....	video assistant: second unit
Lazar Lazarov	....	focus puller
Manol Manolov	....	grip: second unit
Neven Mihailova	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Joro Mihailov	....	chief lighting technician
Nikolai Mihailov	....	electrician (as Niki Mihailov)
Venelin Minchev	....	still photographer
Anton Nakov	....	focus puller: third camera
Boryana Papazova	....	focus puller: second camera
Philip Penev	....	electrician
Philip Philipov	....	grip: second unit
Alexander Rafailov	....	assistant focus puller
Georgi Raikov	....	camera operator: second camera, second unit
Shimon Sabbah	....	key grip
Kalina Shkondur	....	assistant camera: second unit
Justin Sholk	....	still photographer
Plamen Soklev	....	electrician
Georgi Stanishev	....	grip
Venelin Stepanov	....	grip: second unit
Angel Strahilov	....	grip
Yuda Tatarko	....	gaffer
Stefan Todorov	....	underwater camera operator
Emil Topuzov	....	camera operator
Emil Topuzov	....	director of photography: second unit
Fyodor Tzanovski	....	electrician (as Fyodor Tsanovski)
Georgi Yankov	....	video assistant
Yavor Zahariev	....	gaffer: second unit
Borislav Zlatinov	....	camera loader (as Borislav Zlatanov)

Casting Department
Lora Danova	....	casting assistant
Angelina Marinova	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lyubomir Doichinov	....	costumes
Katya Ivanova	....	wardrobe supervisor
Atanas Ivanov	....	wardrobe assistant
Tsvetana Pekanova	....	seamstress
Stefan Stefanov	....	wardrobe assistant
Alison Stein	....	assistant costumer
Elitsa Taseva	....	wardrobe assistant
Jasmina Vasileva	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Marie Hélène Desbiens	....	negative cutter
Kristopher Lease	....	assistant editor: USA
Sarah Parker	....	post-production coordinator
Yoon Sin Park	....	negative cutter
Charlie Variyski	....	assistant editor
Jim Williams	....	color timer

Music Department
Adam Klemens	....	conductor
Chris McGeary	....	music editor
Ashley Miller	....	music supervisor
Steve Salani	....	orchestra producer
Jeffrey Schindler	....	orchestrator
Daniel J. Johnson	....	co-music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Ivo Krastev	....	action vehicles

Other crew
Tsila Adler	....	post-production accountant
Vessela Bannzurkova	....	public relations
Donald Bruce	....	production controller
Rosie Charbonneau	....	assistant: Randall Emmett and George Furla
Karen M. Cockrell	....	post-production accountant (as Karen Cockrell)
Lora Danova	....	production assistant
Hristina Dotova	....	production assistant
Kerstin Dyroff	....	production coordinator
Terry Fletcher	....	script supervisor
Eli Frantzes	....	studio manager
Gabriel Georgiev	....	location manager
Asya Ivanova	....	assistant accountant
Veselin Karadjov	....	location manager
Ralitsa Koprinska	....	location manager
Kristina Mileva	....	production accountant
Mira Mileva	....	assistant accountant
Nanyo Minchev	....	production assistant
Eva-Maria Neufarth	....	production controller
Stasi Petrova	....	production coordinator
Veselin Stankov	....	assistant accountant
Maggie Stoyanova	....	assistant production coordinator
Shelly Stoyanova	....	script supervisor: second unit
Roman Viaris-de-Lesegno	....	production financing
Rachel Abarbanell	....	office production intern (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Arc Productions
• Emmett/Furla Films
• Millennium Films
• VIP 2 Medienfonds

Distributors

• Nu Image Films (2005) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• Arc Productions A.V.V.
• Art Port (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Califórnia Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Califórnia Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• DEJ Productions (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Filmax Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films (USA) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Worldwide FX

Other Companies

• Magic Film and Video Works  negative cutting
• NT Audio Visual  optical track transfer
• Orchestra.Net  orchestra
• Title House Digital  titles

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language.

Runtime:

Germany:101 min | Brazil:90 min | Argentina:90 min

Country:

Aruba | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:18 | USA:R (certificate #40163) | Argentina:16 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company:

Arc Productions

Trivia:

Ray Liotta replaced Matt Dillon in the lead role.

Promising Story, Horrible Conclusion

The sociopath killer Lee Ray Oliver (Ray Liotta) is sentenced to death by lethal injection. Dr. Michael Copeland (Willem Dafoe) offers him the chance to be a test subject of an experimental drug intended to reduce the aggressive behavior of the patient. Lee accepts the terms and after a successful treatment in the laboratory, gets a new identity and chance in life. However, his past haunts him.

"Control" is a very promising thriller with a great beginning, which hooks the attention of the viewer. The attractive cast has names such as Willem Dafoe, Ray Liotta, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Rea and Polly Walker. I really expected an excellent film, after watching the first part of this film, but unfortunately, after the last plot point, the screenplay has a horrible conclusion., spoiling what could have been a great movie. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Control"