---
title: 'I''m Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jack Hofsiss'
released: '1982-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/im-dancing-as-fast-as-i-can-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084111/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)

1982 · 105 min · History · United States


## Synopsis

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can is a 1982 American biographical film directed by Jack Hofsiss and starring Jill Clayburgh. The screenplay by David Rabe is based on the memoir of the same title by Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Gordon, whose addiction to and difficult withdrawal from Valium serves as the basis of the plot.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jack Hofsiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hofsiss)
- **Screenplay:** [David Rabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-rabe)
- **Producer:** [David Rabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-rabe), [Scott Rudin](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-rudin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stanley Silverman](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-silverman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan de Bont](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-de-bont)

## Cast

- [Nicol Williamson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicol-williamson)
- [Richard Masur](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-masur)
- [Jill Clayburgh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-clayburgh)
- [Geraldine Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-page)
- [Daniel Stern](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-stern)
- [Ellen Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-greene)
- [John Lithgow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lithgow)
- [Dianne Wiest](https://cinepixo.com/people/dianne-wiest)
- [David Margulies](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-margulies)
- [Kathleen Widdoes](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-widdoes)
- [Joseph Maher](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-maher)
- [Joe Pesci](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-pesci)
- [Dan Hedaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-hedaya)
- [Thomas Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-hill)
- [Albert Salmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-salmi)

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