There were several TV and film versions of As You Like It--the Kenneth Branagh movie that's been finished for well over a year may yet come to U.S. theatres, or at least TV. But for all the times this play has been filmed, there aren't many versions readily available.The 1978 BBC production is on DVD however, and it has two particular virtues: it's the whole play, and it stars Helen Mirren as Rosalind. Mirren of course won the acting Oscar this year and is like to win the Emmy, too, for playing Queens Elizabeth.
She's also considered pretty sexy, so you might imagine what she was like almost 30 years ago. Here she's Rosalind in her male disguise, a "pretty youth" with an agile mind and quick wit.
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