As You Like It (2006 film)
2006 film by Kenneth Branagh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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As You Like It is a 2006 romance film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, and based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Romola Garai, Bryce Dallas Howard, Kevin Kline, Adrian Lester, Janet McTeer, Alfred Molina, David Oyelowo and Brian Blessed in a dual role.
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| Directed by | Kenneth Branagh |
| Screenplay by | Kenneth Branagh |
| Based on | As You Like It by William Shakespeare |
| Produced by | Kenneth Branagh Judy Hofflund Simon Moseley |
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| Cinematography | Roger Lanser |
| Edited by | Neil Farrell |
| Music by | Patrick Doyle |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Box office | $563,162[1] |
The film transferred the play's setting to a late 19th-century European colony in Japan after the Meiji Restoration. Filming took place at Shepperton Film Studios and at the never-before-filmed gardens of Wakehurst Place. Produced by The Shakespeare Film Company and financed by HBO Films and BBC Films, it is the fifth Shakespeare adaptation by Branagh, and the only one not to feature Branagh himself in the cast, though he has a vocal cameo towards the end of the film.
The film premiered in Italy on 1 September 2006 before being released by Picturehouse in the United States on 21 August 2007 and by Lionsgate in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2007. It received mixed reviews.