For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Joseph Sargent

Writer (WGA):

Timothy J. Sexton (written by)

Release Date:

18 November 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Music

Tagline:

She was his love. Music was his passion. Freedom was his dream.

Plot:

Story of the world-renowned trumpet player. |

Plot Keywords:

Trumpet | Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Andy Garcia	...	Arturo Sandoval
Mía Maestro	...	Marianela
Gloria Estefan	...	Emilia
David Paymer	...	Embassy interviewer
Charles S. Dutton	...	Dizzy Gillespie
Tomas Milian	...	Sosa
Freddy Rodríguez	...	Leonel
Andy Mendez	...	Young Leonel
Felix David Manrique	...	Turi
José Zúñiga	...	Paquito D'Rivera
Fernanda Andrade	...	Paloma
William Marquez	...	Arturo Sr.
Steven Bauer	...	Angel
Fionnula Flanagan	...	Sally
Michael O'Hagan	...	Johnny Lewis
Miguel Sandoval	...	Osvaldo
Nicky Farrell
Robert Wisdom
Oswaldo Calvo
Víctor Trujillo
Miriam Colon
Mario Ernesto Sánchez
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Mercedes Enriquez
Deborah Magdalena
Alfredo Álvarez Calderón
Tyler Cravens	...	Assistant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fabrizio Brienza	...	Secret Agent
Marie Debrey	...	Stewardess
Roberto Escobar	...	Cuban Delegate
Britt George	...	Marine
George Hanneford III	...	Russian Circus Elephant Trainer
Gloria Kennedy
Nil Lara	...	Band member
Al Quinn	...	Cuban restaurant patron
Ruben Rabasa	...	Cheo
Arturo Sandoval	...	Funcionario
Paul Aldane'e	...	Busboy / Waiter (uncredited)
Cachao	...	Wedding bassist (uncredited)
Trish Dempsey	...	Jazz Patron (uncredited)
Lissette Schuster	...	Girl in Airport (uncredited)

Directed by
Joseph Sargent

Writing credits (WGA)
Timothy J. Sexton		(written by)

Produced by
Jellybean Benítez	....	executive producer
Celia D. Costas	....	producer
Andy Garcia	....	executive producer
George Hernandez	....	associate producer
Carl C. Valldejuli	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Arturo Sandoval

Cinematography by
Donald M. Morgan

Film Editing by
Michael Brown		(as Mike Brown)

Casting by
Amanda Mackey Johnson
Cathy Sandrich

Production Design by
Charles C. Bennett

Art Direction by
Cece Destefano

Set Decoration by
William A. Cimino

Costume Design by
Hope Hanafin

Makeup Department
Jay Cannistraci	....	key makeup artist: Miami & Puerto Rico
K.G. Ramsey	....	hair department head
Rick Sharp	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Shirley Davis	....	production supervisor
Jan Foster	....	unit production manager
Ellen Gordon	....	production supervisor
Mark Marshall	....	post-production supervisor
Diana Tauder	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Craig Huston	....	first assistant director
Chitra F. Mojtabai	....	second assistant director
Sunday Stevens	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Gladys Bustos	....	assistant property master
Charles Guanci Jr.	....	prop master
James Harris	....	construction coordinator
Richard E. Kruder	....	set dresser
Francisco 'Panchi' López-Franco	....	set dresser
Alexa Marino	....	art department coordinator
Nicholas Scott	....	assistant art director
Roger Sherman	....	scenic artist
Frank A. Torres	....	lead man: Florida

Sound Department
Rick Ash	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Barbee	....	sound effects editor
Alfonso Calvo	....	sound dubbing mixer
Joe Earle	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joe Foglia	....	sound mixer
Paul Longstaffe	....	dialog editor
Tanya Peel	....	sound utility
Christopher B. Reeves	....	dialogue editor
Brian Risner	....	sound effects editor
K.H. Santy	....	boom operator
Raymond E. Spiess III	....	adr editor
Raymond E. Spiess III	....	dialogue editor
Richard Taylor	....	supervising sound editor
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Daniel Tripoli	....	dialog & adr editor

Special Effects by
Charlie Bonilla	....	special effects coordinator
John Patteson	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Benjamin Centoducati	....	assistant camera
Leslie Colombani Jr.	....	best boy electric: Puerto Rico
Ron Cooney	....	key grip
Alfonso Diaz	....	second assistant camera
Gabriele DiChiara	....	gaffer: Canada
Willie Estrada	....	assistant camera
Mike Gowland	....	electrician: Canada
Bob Greene	....	still photographer
Larry Kaster	....	gaffer
Sam McCourt	....	clapper loader: London second unit
James M. Reeves	....	best boy grip
Francisco Román	....	grip
Fred Valentine	....	best boy electric: Florida
Michael Pisano	....	video assist (uncredited)

Casting Department
Karen Meisels	....	casting associate
Wendy Weidman	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marcy Grace Froehlich	....	assistant costume designer
Leslie Herman	....	set costumer
Gladyris Silva	....	costumer

Editorial Department
George M. Hernandez	....	post-production assistant
Deanna Strong	....	post-production coordinator: Canada

Music Department
Jellybean Benítez	....	executive music supervisor
P.J. Bloom	....	music coordinator
Evyen Klean	....	music supervisor
Georgiana Ramsland	....	music editor
Ray Rifice	....	music playback mixer
Allan K. Rosen	....	music editor
Chris Royal	....	musician: trumpet coach
Joseph Vitarelli	....	score producer
Nicholas Viterelli	....	music editor
Will Edwards	....	music consultant (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Larry Crenshaw	....	transportation coordinator: Florida
Josiuan Rojas	....	transportation coordinator: Puerto Rico sequence

Other crew
Josue Aguilar	....	key set production assistant
Sara Alvarez	....	assistant coordinator
Danielle J. Baker	....	location production assistant: Miami
Marcy J. Berlow	....	production assistant
Luciano Blotta	....	production assistant
Anne Cabral	....	production coordinator
Francesca Castellano	....	production coordinator
Juan Carlos Coto	....	consultant
Rob Dickerson Jr.	....	staff set production assistant
Amy Eldridge	....	payroll accountant
Stan Eutsey	....	production assistant
Mónica Hernández	....	production assistant
Marc H. Katz	....	craft service
Christian Labarta	....	additional set production assistant
Jana Lundy	....	production assistant
Matt Mellin	....	first assistant accountant
Michael Miller	....	assistant to producer (as Matthew G. Miller)
Greg Nye	....	script revision coordinator
Dana Reaves Bolla	....	accountant
Charline St. Charles	....	assistant production coordinator
Sofia Tirado	....	location manager
José R. Varona	....	set medic
Eric Vega	....	production coordinator: Puerto Rico
Leah Weintraub	....	assistant location manager

Production Companies

• CineSon Entertainment
• HBO Films
• Jellybean Productions

Distributors

• Future Film (2001) (Finland) (DVD)
• High Fliers Video Distribution
• Home Box Office (HBO)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)

Other Companies

• Jelly's Jams LLC  music publishing
• Jellybean Music Publishing  music published by
• Lost in Music  music publishing

Also Known As:

Havana Nocturne (USA) (working title)
The Arturo Sandoval Story (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-3 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Germany:6 | Spain:13 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Company:

CineSon Entertainment

Trivia:

In the end credits, Arturo Sandoval himself is listed as having played one of the government functionaries.

Great artist, great music

Arturo Sandoval is one of the greatest jazz trumpeters ever, standing alongside the likes of Miles Davis, Louis Armstronmg and Arturo's great friend Dizzie Gillespie. This biopic tells of his struggles with the repressive government of his native Cuba, the internal politics of his family and of course his need to play great music.

Well acted, although there are no standard movie tricks and plot twists, just straight depiction of the people of Cuba of the time (early 80s) and the paranoia of the USA with anything Cuban.

The really outstanding aspect of the movie is the souindtrack - Arturo himself plays many of the songs, and is credited with scoring and producing many of the tracks used, as well as playing on them.

Watch the movie, buy the soundtrack CD.