Directed in low-down, good-spirited vulgar fashion by Bob (“Porky's") Clark, who took over from Don Zimmerman after two weeks of lensing, film is a genuine oddball.

But with the lively [Giovani] Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers [Roman] Pavlyuchenko and [Jermain] Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved.

“Capricious Maneuvers,” the eight-minute romp of a curtain raiser that Mr. Peck made for City Ballet’s 2013 Fall Gala, was fun.

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