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For Love or Country - The Arturo Sandoval Story

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783118215
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 078311821X
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 17, 2001
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 16475
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 18, 2000

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story chronicles the life of a man torn between his home and his devotion to his music. In a Golden Globe-nominated performance, Andy Garcia portrays the gregarious, passionate, and obstinate Arturo Sandoval, the Grammy-winning Cuban trumpet player.

This HBO film shows how Sandoval's life in revolutionary Cuba is affected--beginning in the early 1970s--by his zeal for his music and by the limits placed on him by his homeland. Representing his torn loyalties are Dizzy Gillespie (the enigmatic jazz musician played by Charles S. Dutton) and Sandoval's wife, Marianela (played by the beautiful Mia Maestro). Gillespie embodies the freedom to follow one's dream, while Marianela represents family loyalty and the ideals of the Castro revolution. Yet, the same regime his wife embraces forces Arturo to play government-imposed music instead of the jazz that he loves. Sandoval travels the world, and while the Cuban government profits from his success, he is exposed to a freedom that eventually draws him to the difficult and life-changing decision he and his family feel compelled to make.

Against a backdrop of beautiful scenery and exceptional music, For Love or Country provides a harsh depiction of revolutionary Cuba, its outmoded lifestyle, and the restrictions placed on its people. --Mindy Ruehmann




Rating: - a fanstatic find
I was not looking for this movie and checked out at random. One of best movies I have seen in long ... Read More

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Rating: - Truly music history
Especially well-done and a great movie, but, even more importantly, it is a true piece of music history. ... Read More

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Rating: - For Love or Country
For Love or Country - The Arturo Sandoval StoryTruly a remarkable story. What this man endured to escape ... Read More

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Rating: - Flawless
A great movie to be seen time and time again. One of the best you'll ever see.

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Rating: - for the love of country
This is a very touching true story played beautifully by Andy Garcia.
If you are cuban, you will have ... Read More

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