Maidgethma Wonderfully offbeat film!

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

hollands-2 I have shown this video to my Spanish classes for the last several years and it has been accepted with eager minds. It is hard for these students to understand that there is a place so close to the US that will not permit their citizens the freedom that we enjoy. The music is great and Garcia does an excellent job playing the lead role. My students would like to rewrite the ending and may it happier but I explained that in the real world things like this are happening all the time. I hope that someday I will be able to meet Mr. Sandavol. He is coming to my home town in April but I will not be able to attend his concert because I will be in Miami for a wedding that same week-end. Since I am a trumpet player also and about his age, it would be a great opportunity to make is acquaintance.

leftyguns2 As a Cuban-American the Arturo Sandoval story as portrayed in this film was truly a moving experience.This film " For Love or Country" is the life-story of Arturo Sandoval he's a Cuban trumpet player who loves his country but questions the repressive communist dictatorship. because of the fact that he is a great trumpeter he's allowed some privileges, and it's through these perks that he meets the great jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie. He and Gillespie form a bond that is apparent through the film. Their friendship also make for much needed comic relief , something essential when dealing with such subject matter. Gillespie's antics a truly unique., and It is through this friendship that the wheels are set in motion for Sandoval's defection.Sandoval knows that his wife and child would immediately be targeted by the communist authorities in Cuba, should he follow through with his defection. He's a brave man who faced with a serious decision, takes courageous steps ., and with the help of Gillespie , arranges to defect. Problem is that will his family be able to join him in exile. That is the main plot of the film . How can he escape Cuba, and have his family join him.This is one of Andy Garcia' so best acting roles. He conveys to the world the ugly reality of the Cuban experience in our search for freedom.This film truly is among the best I've seen.

Bill Campbell HBO certainly knows how to produce movies. This movie makes you laugh and cry at the same time. It is a sad story and a happy one at the same time. It is the story of the defection of Arturo Sandoval, his wife and son, to the United States from Cuba. The acting is superb. Charles Dutton IS Dizzy Gillespie, Mia Maestro is just gorgeous, Andy Garcia is a powerhouse actor, and the supporting cast are all very good. Since I have had the opportunity to hear Arturo Sandoval play in person, this movie was special to me, but it will be a very entertaining, enlightening 2 hours for anyone who sees it.

George Parker A romanticized dramatic biography, "For Love or County" tells the true story of trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval's escape from Cuba and oppression of artistic expression. A well composed and entertaining production, this film packs ideological and political conflict, a love story, and plenty of authentic Sandoval music into a two hour run. Perhaps most importantly, the film makes clear that freedom of musical expression is, to the musician, as important as freedom of speech; especially when that music is jazz.