Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)

Director:

Danny Leiner

Writers (WGA):

Jon Hurwitz (written by) &
Hayden Schlossberg (written by)

Release Date:

30 July 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Fast Food. High Times.

Plot:

Harold Lee and Kumar Patel are two stoners who end up getting the munchies. What they crave the most after seeing a TV advertisement...

Plot Keywords:

White Castle | Police | Stoner | Raccoon | Police Officer

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

John Cho	...	Harold Lee
Ethan Embry	...	Billy Carver
Robert Tinkler	...	J.D.
Fred Willard	...	Dr. Willoughby
Kal Penn	...	Kumar Patel
Steve Braun	...	Cole
Dan Bochart	...	Extreme Sports Punk #1
Paula Garcés	...	Maria (as Paula Garcès)
Mike Sheer	...	'I'm So High' Kid
Christopher Thompson	...	'Don't You Wanna Be Cool' Kid
David Krumholtz	...	Goldstein
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Rosenberg
Angelo Tsarouchas	...	Mean Tollbooth Guy (as Angelo Tsachouras)
Anthony Anderson	...	Burger Shack Employee
Siu Ta	...	Cindy Kim

Also Known As:

Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies (Europe: English title) (UK)
Harold et Kumar chassent le burger (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language, sexual content, drug use and some crude humor.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA | Canada | Germany

Language:

English | Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate no. 40416) | USA:Unrated (DVD) | New Zealand:R16 | Iceland:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:18 | Canada:18A (Alberta) | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | Norway:15 | South Africa:16 | Norway:11 (DVD rating) | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Spain:13 | Italy:T | Ireland:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | France:U

Filming Locations:

Caledon, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Endgame Entertainment

Trivia:

On a promotional talk show appearance by Christopher Meloni, he explained that when writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg approached him with the script, they said of the part "You we're the first person we thought of." After reading the introduction of his character, which simply describes him as "the ugliest man on Earth," he got the joke.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Harold and Kumar are looking through the window of the Hot Dog heaven, a cup on the table says "Licks". Licks is a burger chain where the movie was filmed.

Quotes:

[first lines]
J.D.: Billy boy! Get your ass ready. It's almost 5:00 and this bad boy needs to get his drink on. No, no, no. Give me that.
Billy Carver: Don't.
J.D.: I'm gonna burn it once and for all.
Billy Carver: Stop it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Soundtrack:

Chick Magnet

Unbelievably funny - The smartest 'dumb' movie I've seen in years

The movie is absolutely hilarious. It's light years beyond Dude Where's My Car?, or for that matter any stoner/dumbass flick I've seen in years. This will be a cult comedy classic, one you watch ten times till you know all the words.

How many times do you get to see someone so excited over a giant bag of marijuana that he dances slow-motion in circles with it, then marries it, then bitch-slaps it because it served him bad coffee, then sobs and hugs it, crying, "I love you honey!"? (This is a dream sequence, and uh it's funnier that it sounds.)

Or this description of seeing Katie Holmes topless: "You know the holocaust? It was, like, the complete opposite of that, man!"

Or when a med school admissions officer asks one of the lead characters, who has a perfect score on the MCATs, why he doesn't want to be a doctor. "Just because I'm hung like a moose doesn't mean I have to be a porn star!"