What Cigar(s) Is Clint Eastwood Smoking in Western - Page 2

The Poet · 08-12-2011, 07:31 AM

There have been several references to Eastwood cutting the cigars to fit his pocket. Ehhh, maybe, but I do recall seeing a feature where he stated he kept them handy in numerous different lengths, for continuity's sake. He didn't want to be seen in one scene with a little nubbin in his teeth, then 20 seconds later with one 3X longer. Makes sense, and is notable that a relatively inexperienced actor (at that point) had such a good grasp of the minutiae of filmmaking.

garciasanchez · 08-18-2016, 05:59 AM

Hi from Spain. I was surfing the net and found this thread.
Since the Leone´s films where Clint Estwood are comented here were filmed enterely in Spain, in the Almeria´s dessert and not in Italy, the cigars that Mr. Eastwood used in the scenes, were the tipical local ones calles "caliqueños". A kind of dry hand made cigars made in that area of Spain, with locally planted, fermented and cured Burley tobacco from final XIX century to our days.
You can find much more information about ir googleing the word "caliqueños" or visiting my facebook post about it: https://www.facebook.com/Garcia.Sanc...40710102630337

Best regards from sunny Spain

08-12-2011, 07:31 AM	#1
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	Re: What Cigar(s) Is Clint Eastwood Smoking in Western There have been several references to Eastwood cutting the cigars to fit his pocket. Ehhh, maybe, but I do recall seeing a feature where he stated he kept them handy in numerous different lengths, for continuity's sake. He didn't want to be seen in one scene with a little nubbin in his teeth, then 20 seconds later with one 3X longer. Makes sense, and is notable that a relatively inexperienced actor (at that point) had such a good grasp of the minutiae of filmmaking. __________________ Ninety percent of everything is crap - Theodore Sturgeon.

08-18-2016, 05:59 AM	#2
garciasanchez Just in from the Storm Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 1 Trading: (0)	Re: What Cigar(s) Is Clint Eastwood Smoking in Western Hi from Spain. I was surfing the net and found this thread. Since the Leone´s films where Clint Estwood are comented here were filmed enterely in Spain, in the Almeria´s dessert and not in Italy, the cigars that Mr. Eastwood used in the scenes, were the tipical local ones calles "caliqueños". A kind of dry hand made cigars made in that area of Spain, with locally planted, fermented and cured Burley tobacco from final XIX century to our days. You can find much more information about ir googleing the word "caliqueños" or visiting my facebook post about it: https://www.facebook.com/Garcia.Sanc...40710102630337 Best regards from sunny Spain