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)