For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
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For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story is a 2000 American biographical drama television film about jazz musician Arturo Sandoval, starring Andy García. Sandoval himself composed the film's soundtrack. Mía Maestro, Gloria Estefan and David Paymer also star. The film was directed by Joseph Sargent, written by Timothy J. Sexton, and produced for HBO, which aired it on November 18, 2000.
Plot
World-class trumpeter Arturo Sandoval was a shining light in Cuba's exciting jazz scene and championed by jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie as one of the greatest musicians he had ever heard. The film is the story of Sandoval's life, up to his defection to the United States.
Cast
- Andy García as Arturo Sandoval
- Mía Maestro as Marianela
- Gloria Estefan as Emilia
- David Paymer as Embassy Interviewer
- Charles S. Dutton as Dizzy Gillespie
- Tomas Milian as Sosa
- Freddy Rodríguez as Leonel
- José Zúñiga as Paquito D'Rivera
- Steven Bauer as Angel
- Fionnula Flanagan as Sally
- Miguel Sandoval as Osvaldo
- Fernanda Andrade as Paloma
- Arturo Sandoval Valet (uncredited cameo)
External links
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- 2000 television films
- 2000 films
- 2000 biographical drama films
- 2000 in American television
- 2000s American films
- 2000s English-language films
- American biographical drama films
- American biographical television films
- American drama television films
- Biographical films about musicians
- Cultural depictions of Cuban people
- Cultural depictions of jazz musicians
- English-language biographical drama films
- Films directed by Joseph Sargent
- Films scored by Arturo Sandoval
- Films set in Havana
- HBO Films films
- Jazz films