Control (1987 film)

Il giorno prima
Il giorno prima
Directed by	Giuliano Montaldo
Screenplay by	Piero Angela; Jeremy Hole; Giuliano Montaldo; Brian Moore
Story by	Piero Angela
Produced by	Franco Cristaldi
Starring	Zeudi Araya; Ben Gazzara; Erland Josephson; Kate Nelligan; Burt Lancaster; Flavio Bucci; Andrea Occhipinti; Ingrid Thulin;
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production; companies	HBO Showcase; Les Films Ariane; Selena Audiovisuel; Cristaldi Film; Alliance Films; RAI
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures (Italy); Acteurs Auteurs Associés (France); Alliance Films (Canada); HBO (United States)
Release dates	February 14, 1987 (U.S.); April 3, 1987 (Italy);
Running time	107 minutes
Countries	Italy; France; Canada; United States
Language	English

Il giorno prima (internationally released as Control and Mind Control) is a 1987 Italian thriller film directed by Giuliano Montaldo and starring Burt Lancaster and Ben Gazzara. The story was written by Piero Angela and the screenplay was by Piero Angela, Jeremy Hole, Giuliano Montaldo and Brian Moore.

Plot

This story takes place during an experiment concerning the psychological effects of mental fatigue on those locked in a fallout shelter for a long period of time. Twelve subjects are locked in a nuclear fallout shelter to see how long they can endure before mental breakdown occurs. After the experiment Dr. Herbert Monroe (Burt Lancaster) tells the world about this terrifying experiment and its outcome.

Cast

Actor	Role
Burt Lancaster	Dr. Herbert Monroe
Ben Gazzara	Mike Zella
Kate Nelligan	Sarah Howell
Ingrid Thulin	Mrs. Havemeyer
Erland Josephson	Swanson
Flavio Bucci	Herman Pundt
Herman Pundt	Max Bloch
Andréa Ferréol	Rosy Bloch
Cyrielle Clair	Laura Swanson
William Berger	Mr. Peterson
Jean Benguigui	Max Bloch
Zeudi Araya	Sheba
Andrea Occhipinti	Matteo
Alfredo Pea	Dr. Paul Benoit

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Control (1987)". UniFrance. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Il giorno prima (1987)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

Sources

The Motion Picture Guide 1988 Annual: The Films of 1987

External links

Control at IMDb

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v t e Works by Brian Moore
Novels	Early fiction (1951–57) Judith Hearne (1955) The Feast of Lupercal (1957) The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1960) An Answer from Limbo (1962) The Emperor of Ice-Cream (1965) I Am Mary Dunne (1968) Fergus (1970) The Revolution Script (1971) Catholics (1972) The Great Victorian Collection (1975) The Doctor's Wife (1976) The Mangan Inheritance (1979) The Temptation of Eileen Hughes (1981) Cold Heaven (1983) Black Robe (1985) The Colour of Blood (1987) Lies of Silence (1990) No Other Life (1993) The Statement (1995) The Magician's Wife (1997)
Short stories	The Dear Departed: Selected Short Stories (2020)
Screenplays	The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) Torn Curtain (1966) Catholics (TV film, 1973) The Blood of Others (1984) Control (Il giorno prima) (1987) The Temptation of Eileen Hughes (TV film, 1988) Black Robe (1991)