Gloria Estefan Video:

		List Price: $9.98		Label: Hbo Home Video Salesrank: 12595 Released: April 17, 2001
		Our Price: $1.97
		Used Price: $1.95
		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
IT IS 1990. THE U.S. EMBASSY IN GREECE IS ABOUT TO PLAY HOST TO A DEFECTOR, AND THE DEFECTOR IS ABOUT TO PLAY FOR HIS LIFE. BASED ON AN INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY, THE ARTURO SANDOVAL STORY, TELLS THE POWERFUL TALE OF A CUBAN MUSICIAN WITH A TRUMPET, A FEW SCRATCHED AMERICAN LP'S & A DREAM THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE

Description of For Love or Country - The Arturo Sandoval Story:
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

For Love or Country - The Arturo Sandoval Story Reviews:
In perfect condition. Nice movie.
2009-09-28 - The item arrived 20 days after i ordered. I wish that international orders could be faster, but everything was ok.
It's one of my favorites movies. I think every person who is a musician MUST have it. And for all people... this is a nice love story and a big fight for freedom, and it's a true story of Arturo Sandoval's life. I recommend it 100%.

Wonderful!
2009-09-24 - At first, I watched it simply because "Andy Garcia" was in it...What a "hunk!"...A pleasant surprise that it has now turned out to be one of my favorite dvd's to watch...Great story line, simply "WONDERFUL" Latin music! A real "feel good" kind of movie.

For Love or Country-The Arturo Sandoval Story- Movie-DVD.Beautiful Movie, Great Portrayal by Andy Garcia.
2009-09-11 - A Beautiful movie and portrayal by Andy Garcia on the True story of Arturo Sandoval. A Very Talented and Patriotic Cuban. The Cuban American Success story despite the odds and the evil tyranny that Haunts all of us. Highly Recommend it!

Arturo's Video
2009-08-31 - Great video; enjoyable for both the serious jazz fan and the history buff who's interested in Castro-era Cuban politics.

A Perfect Marriage
2009-06-23 - I just finished viewing For Love of Country. Being a huge jazz fan, as well as of Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan, I thought I might enjoy this film purely as art. I was not prepared for the education I received about Cuba and the Cuban people. The condition of most Cubans as portrayed in this film is unimaginable. It made me appreciate my freedoms as an American all the more.

Politics aside, this film is the perfect marriage of jazz, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and passion. I cannot understand how it is possible for anyone to play the way Sandoval does! The things he does with a trumpet are transcendent.

Watch for an excellent performance by Charles S. Dutton as Dizzy Gillespie. Garcia and Maestro are combustible---their passion nearly ignites the screen. If you are a jazz lover, a lover of Cuba or Cubans, or both, watch this film!