But Wiest and Pinkins, under the direction of first-timer Cynthia Nixon, give superb performances.
Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Walsh gave superb service to Hampshire and Gloucestershire, bowling their guts out, never coasting.
Rachel Calloway, the soprano, sang with considerable depth of expression and very little vibrato, and gave superb accounts of both works.
Steve Reich's New York Counterpoint was given superb treatment by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's principal clarinettist, Yann Ghiro.
But it is a delightful little movie filled with superb performances by actors who have not given superb performances in some time.
"It sure does take a lot of stress off your shoulders and makes it a lot easier," Randolph said of being given superb pass protection.
He first studied art in settlement houses, then with Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935), a painter, collector and Harvard professor who gave superb examples of South Asian sculpture to the Museum of Fine Art.
But when more than a score of them give superb ensemble performances, as in "Gosford Park", the director surely deserves some of the credit.Few actors take the best-actor award two years in a row.
Gabriele Schnaut transcends her vibrato problems to bring the work safely home with a magnificent and serene performance of Isolde's "Liebestod," majestic yet private, and given superb affirmation by the orchestra and Mr. Rattle.
Ms. Cooke's portrayal of Kitty Oppenheimer in John Adams's "Doctor Atomic" was widely praised, and Mr. Appleby, a winner of the Met's National Council Auditions in 2009, gave superb performances in Juilliard productions of Copland's "Tender Land" and Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites" last season.
