Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)

Directors:

Jon Hurwitz
Hayden Schlossberg

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

25 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

This time they're running from the joint.

Plot:

Follows the cross-country adventures of the pot-smoking duo as they try to outrun authorities who suspect them of being terrorists when they try to sneak a bong on board their flight to Amsterdam.

Plot Keywords:

Guantanamo Bay | Texas | Escape | Bong | Homeland Security

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Cho	...	Harold Lee
Kal Penn	...	Kumar Patel
Rob Corddry	...	Ron Fox
Jack Conley	...	Deputy Frye
Roger Bart	...	Dr. Jack Beecher
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Neil Patrick Harris
Danneel Harris	...	Vanessa Fanning
Eric Winter	...	Colton Graham
Paula Garcés	...	Maria
Jon Reep	...	Raymus
Missi Pyle	...	Raylene
Mark Munoz	...	Cyrus
James Adomian	...	George W. Bush
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Sally
Echo Valley	...	Tits Hemingway

Also Known As:

Harold & Kumar 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA) (working title)
Harold and Kumar Go to Amsterdam (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong crude and sexual content, graphic nudity, pervasive language and drug use.

Runtime:

USA:107 min (unrated version) | Argentina:114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | USA:R (certificate #43603) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) (cut) | Ireland:16 | UK:18 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16 | Austria:16 | South Africa:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 (TV rating) | Iceland:12 | France:U (with warning)

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Vanessa's husband-to-be is named Colton Graham, and an actor named Colton Gramm plays one of the Groomsmen at the wedding.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When all three drive up to the whorehouse the white illuminated sign on the right side of the screen says "Girls, Girls, Grils."

Quotes:

[first lines]
Kumar Patel: [taking a dump] Oh God, dude!
Harold Lee: [in shower] What the fuck? What the fuck? What are you doing?
Kumar Patel: I'm taking the most incredible dump of all time, man.
Harold Lee: You couldn't wait until I got out of the shower?
Kumar Patel: Um, may I remind you that we both just ate 30 burgers and 4 large orders of fries?
[continues to take a dump]
Kumar Patel: Don't worry, in a little bit I'm sure it'll hit you too.
Harold Lee: Maybe, but I'm going to wait until you get out of the shower!
Kumar Patel: Well don't wait too long. We gotta leave for the airport in an hour.
Harold Lee: An hour?
Kumar Patel: Uh-huh. Oh, hey, Roldy?
Harold Lee: Yeah?
Kumar Patel: Nice pubes.

Movie Connections:

References The Goonies (1985)

Soundtrack:

Danger Zone

A worthy sequel

To be honest, after seeing the first movie 'Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle' and being pleased with it i didn't think they will meet my expectations on this sequel...and i was quite wrong because this movie is a totally worthy sequel. I thought like, 'Guantanamo Bay', okay a prison, what will this be, a parody on 'Prison Break' or something like that? Well it's nothing like that, i don't want to make any spoilers but let's just stay that there is only like one scene in prison and everything else is basically like it was in the first H & K movie, cross-country trips, this time it's more like a 'Road Trip' than the first one was where they were just looking for a burger joint. It's cheesier sure, because unlike the first H & K, 'Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay' reaches that well-known spot in plot of romantic-teen-comedies, you know the good ol' my ex-girlfriend is getting married now i realized i love her so much we need to travel through 10 states to stop this wedding! Sounds very familiar? It should because i think i saw like dozen of movies with that kind of script. Neil Patrick Harris appears again and this time his appearance is much more significant and even funnier than in the first movie. John Cho and Kal Penn look almost the same as they did 4 years ago when the first movie was made, which was somewhat important because the events in this movie don't happen 4 years after the events in first, this movie practically picks off where the original film ended, something that has been the case with the whole 'Back to the Future' trilogy. If i had to answer the question which movie is better than i'd have to say the first one, although there is very very little to separate these two movies, in quality of humor, acting and entertainment that is, because the plot is obviously very different. Even though i think that the first H & K is slightly better, i still think that this movie is made for bigger masses than the first one and by saying that i recommend it to absolutely everyone.