ep. #1.1, "Pilot", Sep. 29, '02
"Took a few puffs before tossing out the window."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies
ep. #1.2, "The End of Innocence", Oct. 6, '02
"Lights up in the gym, but editing doesnt let you see it. Two subsequent
drags and exhales. As in first episode, she doesn't inhale."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies
ep. #1.3, "New Frontier", Oct. 13, '02
"While hiding in the gym, she has a nice drag, but doesn't inhale.
"Smokes all whites in a couple of episodes"
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies, Jessica Collins
ep. #1.9, "The Home Front", Dec. 1, '02
"[Lengies] took one drag (again, seemingly not inhaled) before tossing her
cigarette out the window."
"[Lengies] Holds while dancing with the Meg character in the bedroom. Then
goes to the window, drags, throws out the cigarette and exhales. As in
previous episodes, looks uninhaled."
"[Collins] playing a 25 year old waitress, steps outside on break, closeup
holding, farther away one drag, turns her head to exhale away from JJ, the
teen she invites to her place. Exhale looked IRL but poorly seen."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies, ND
ep. #1.12, "Great Expectations", Jan. 12, '03
"Takes the cigarette of a guy who works on American Bandstand and dangles,
but the guy quickly takes it back before any inhale."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies, ND
ep. #1.13, "Heartache", Feb. 2, '03
"Lights up, but you only see it from behind. Can see a little smoke from a
weak exhale. Later, you don't see an inhale, but she makes an audible
exhale, however with no visible smoke. Lastly, a closeup of a light drag
and quick exhale. Again, no visible smoke."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies
ep. #1.19, "Where the Boys Are", Mar. 30, '03
"A closeup of a drag, followed by a nice thick exhale filmed from behind.
First time on the show it looks like she inhales."
"Under the bleachers of American Bandstand as the show is live--one drag
seen, then scene cuts to a closeup behind her so the instant of actual
inhale NOT seen, although her cheek/nose is just seen at the far left -
then a FULL REAL exhale. Then she drops the cig and steps on it."
"briefly takes a drag in a frontal closeup. Then, we see (and hear) her
exhale--the exhale is pretty vigorous, but it's photographed from a
sideways/behind angle, so it's not as good as it might have been. Still,
it's a nice surprise, considering that the show is pretty wholesome."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies
ep. #1.22, "Secrets and Lies", Apr. 27, '03
"during [Prom] she's sneaking a cig in the girl's bathroom in a stall, only
holding is seen"
"at night on the roof of her apartment building, she lights up, a short
dangle shot, no drag or exhale or smoke seen, very VERY poorly lit"
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies
ep. #1.23, "Down the Shore", May 4, '03
"on the rooftop again at night, camera pans up to catch the end of a drag
and inhale; exhale is seen, artistically framed against well-lit rising
steam so her exhaled smoke can barely be seen but it is there and IRL,
appears nose/mouth exhale for a few frames. later on the rooftop again
(next night), quick shot of her holding then in a long shot her exhale
(only) is, suspiciously, perfectly lit against the night sky."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies, Gail O'Grady
"Lengies: short long shot of her lighting up, while sitting in the
Bandstand studio bleachers long after the show. Then closeup, the last half
of a full exhale. Two cig-in-teeth-grip twoshots, lots of smoke."
"For the first time in the series, a long shot of the mother (actress Gail
O'Grady) holding. Out of her earshot, her 9?-year old son says 'I've never
seen Mom smoke before.' 12?-year-old daughter answers 'She sneaks them in
the bathroom. There's a pack in the linen closet, and in her sewing kit.'
Then a twoshot including the mother holding, but at an angle where the cig
can hardly be seen and is almost offscreen."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Gail O'Grady, Alicia Coppola
ep. #2.3, "Another Saturday Night", Oct. 12, '03
"O'Grady receives a cig and light from Coppola, followed with a barely
visible exhale. Coppola also lights up, but you only catch the drag, can't
really see the exhale."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies, C, Alicia Coppola, ND
ep. #2.4, "Crossing the Line", Oct. 19, '03
"smokes once"
"Lengies - Sitting on a couch in boyfriend's basement listening to he and
his band rehearse, quick shot of her holding, (then shot of band), then a
quick very close up of her taking a good drag. Cuts away right at inhale.
(It is she and the Meg character sitting on the couch.)"
"Alicia Coppola is briefly seen holding, smoke drifting up, in the
background of a shot in her travel agency."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies, Bellamy Young
ep. #2.5, "Life's Illusions", Oct. 26, '03
"[Lengies] has one quick drag and no visible exhale"
"[Young] At the end of the ep, has a nice windblown exhale"
"Lengies: holding as she helps turning over the couch that fell over at the
party; then she sits on the couch with Luke and takes the quick drag;
another scene holding as she picks up the phone, thinking it's Meg's
parents calling--she holds the cig behind her back as she picks up the
phone--nice touch."
"Young: quick shot holding as she gets out of the car, cut to another shot,
then she says something and THEN the full exhale, which all comes as a
surprise since the drag/inhale wasn't shown at all and she was not shown
smoking in earlier episodes."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies, ND
ep. #2.10, "The 7-10 Split", Jan. 4, '04
"puts a cigarette in her mouth and is about to light it, but the scene ends
before she puts the lighter to it."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies
ep. #2.11, "Beyond the Wire", Jan 11, '04
"Has 1 scene in the record store with 4 inhales. The scene cuts to another
camera after each one, so only the exhales of the first 2 are shown. First
one is faintly visible, second you can't see. Did look like she was
inhaling."
"Had 3 or 4 IRL drags in pretty quick succesion.... Exhales not well lit"
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies
ep. #2.14, "Old Enough to Fight", Feb. 22, '04
"The French woman was glimpsed once in sideways closeup dragging; a few
other shots holding; I don't remember any visible exhales."
"One episode had an interesting segment in the girl's bathroom at the girls
school - in the bathroom, two (nonregulars) girls are smoking, one has a
definite good real exhale, the other is only seen holding - all this seen
in mostly twoshot in their catholic girl uniforms. Meg and Lengies explode
in, Patty (Meg's younger sister) is already there hiding in a stall, as
Lengies orders Patty to undress and give her uniform clothes to Meg, who
has stayed out all weekend and not been home to dress. Lengies snatches the
cigs from the two smoking girls, looks like she throws the cigs in the
sink, and she shoos the girls out. Maybe a wisp of exhale from the one as
she is pushed out of the bathroom. Patty pouts what can she do for the next
hour without her uniform, and Lengies thrusts her cig pack into Patty's
hand and tells her something like 'Here this is what I do when I kill time
here'. Patty looks at the pack in her hand and protests, I can't remember
specifics. Meg changes clothes in a stall (unseen of course) while Lengies
leans against the outside of the stall smoking, with Patty watching. This
whole scene plays out in 'realtime' but is intercut with other storylines.
The actress playing Patty (Sarah Ramos) is 13 in real life, so 'Patty' is
too, interesting that nonsmoking Meg allowed Lengies' character to put cigs
in Patty's hand."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies, Ashley Crow
ep. #3.1, "Long Shots and Short Skirts", Sep. 26, '04
"Lengies lights up just as nun Crow enters the girls' bathroom. She tries
to hide her smoking by holding in the smoke, but eventually exhales.
Doesn't look like she inhaled. Crow takes the cigarette away, and when she
is alone, takes a drag herself off the cigarette, with a thin exhale.
Also, some smoking by random schoolgirls in the bathroom a few times in the
episode.
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies
ep. #3.2, "Charade", Oct. 3, '04
"Lengies takes a drag before the nuns enter the bathroom and coughs out
some smoke.
"American Dreams" (2002) | Gail O'Grady
ep. #3.7, "What Dreams May Come", Nov. 7, '04
"Two scenes, one early and one at the end. Match lightup in the first
scene with a thick exhale. An inhale/exhale at the end."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies
ep. #3.14, "The Commencement", Mar. 9, '05
"smokes in two scenes. The first she's in a bathroom, has 3 drags and 2
visible exhales, with one of the drags being a very long one. The second
scene, she dangles a long time and finishes off with a drag, but no visible
exhale. Her style is improved somewhat over earlier episodes."
"American Dreams" (2002) | Vanessa Lengies
ep. #3.17, "It's My Life", Mar. 30, '05
"See her holding while on the phone with Meg. Takes a drag as she hangs
up.
Other references to this movie:
Vanessa Lengies - Proof - no - "Vanessa had never smoked before ["American Dreams" (2002)]. She may look like a pro on the show, but Gail O'Grady actually taught her how to act smoke in her trailer before the filming of the pilot.", website, '03
Gail O'Grady - Proof - "Vanessa had never smoked before ["American Dreams" (2002)]. She may look like a pro on the show, but Gail O'Grady actually taught her how to act smoke in her trailer before the filming of the pilot.", website, '03
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