Cast

N
Norman Mailer
as Harry Houdini
M
Matthew Barney
as Gary Gilmore
L
Lauren Pine
as Bessie Gilmore
S
Scott Ewalt
as Frank Gilmore
P
Patty Griffin
as Nicole Baker
M
Michael Thompson
as Max Jensen
D
Dave Lombardo
as Johnny Cash (With Drums)
B
Bruce Steele
as Johnny Cash (With Bees)
S
Steve Tucker
as Johnny Cash (voice)

Crew

M
Matthew Barney
Director
M
Matthew Barney
Writer
M
Matthew Barney
Producer
B
Barbara Gladstone
Producer
J
Jonathan Bepler
Original Music Composer
P
Peter Strietmann
Director of Photography
M
Matthew D. Ryle
Production Design
L
Laurence Esnault
Costume Design
L
Linda LaBelle
Costume Design
R
Regina Harris
Makeup Artist
A
Adam M. Goldstein
Sound Editor

The Cremaster Cycle

The Cremaster Cycle is an art project consisting of five feature length films, together with related sculptures, photographs, drawings, and artist's books; it is the best-known work of American visual artist and filmmaker Matthew Barney. The Cremaster Cycle was made over a period of eight years (1994–2002) and culminated in a major museum exhibition organized by Nancy Spector of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, which traveled to the Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Musée d'art Moderne in Paris from 2002-03. Barney's longtime collaborator Jonathan Bepler composed and arranged the soundtracks for the films.