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Arena: Cigars - Out of the Humidor

Cigars - Out of the Humidor

25/12/1997

BBC Four - Arena, Cigars - Out of the Humidor

Film following the story of the cigar from Cuban tobacco fields to Hollywood cigar bars.

Documentary following the story of the cigar, from the tobacco fields west of Havana to the Hollywood cigar bars and the gentlemen's haunts of St James's, London.

Documentary which follows the story of the cigar - from the tobacco fields west of the Cuban capital of Havana into the factories where poetry and daily newspapers are read aloud to the workers, to Hollywood cigar bars and the gentlemen's haunts of St James's, London. With the worldwide cigar market growing, smoking cigars is perceived as glamorous and yet this is occurring at a time when it is nearly impossible to smoke a cigarette in any public place in the United States. Cigar clubs are opening up in America despite the fact that Cuban cigars are banned. The film looks at the rituals and traditions of cigar smoking, the history of cigars and famous cigar smokers from all walks of life. With Lord Grade, Kenneth Clarke, James Belushi, George Wendt and Peter Weller.

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