Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers.
| Writing | Tama Janowitz | Writer |
| Directing | James Ivory | Director |
| Editing | Katherine Wenning | Editor |
| Production | Ismail Merchant | Producer |
| Production | Gary Hendler | Producer |
| Production | Vincent Fremont | Associate Producer |
| Production | Fred Hughes | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Richard Robbins | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tony Pierce-Roberts | Director of Photography |
| Production | Howard Feuer | Casting |
| Art | David Gropman | Production Design |
| Art | Karen Schulz Gropman | Art Direction |
| Art | Carol Nast | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Ramsey | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ma Kalaadevi Ananda | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | McKinley Kirby | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | McKinley Kirby | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Sorrentino | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Honey Twigg | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Mary Kane | Production Manager |
| Production | Donald Rosenfeld | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Richard Hawley | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Timothy J. Lonsdale | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Martha L. Mericka | Assistant Director |