Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)

Directors:

Jon Hurwitz
Hayden Schlossberg

Writers (WGA):

Jon Hurwitz (written by) &
Hayden Schlossberg (written by) ...
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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 | Bong | Escape | Florida

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

John Cho	...	Harold
Kal Penn	...	Kumar
Rob Corddry	...	Ron Fox
Jack Conley	...	Deputy Frye
Roger Bart	...	Dr. Beecher
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Neil Patrick Harris
Danneel Ackles	...	Vanessa (as Danneel Harris)
Eric Winter	...	Colton
Paula Garcés	...	Maria (as Paula Garces)
Jon Reep	...	Raymus
Missi Pyle	...	Raylene
Mark Munoz	...	Cyrus
James Adomian	...	George W. Bush
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Sally
Echo Valley	...	Tits Hemingway
Ava Santana	...	Tammi
Chantel Silvain	...	Trisha
Courtney Shay Young	...	Sparkle
Crystal Mantecon	...	Venus
Katheryn Rice	...	Agnes
Christopher Meloni	...	Grand Wizard (as Reverend Clyde Stanky)
Todd Voltz	...	Travis
Richard Christy	...	Kenny
Adam Herschman	...	Archie
Jackson Beals	...	Carter
Amir Talai	...	Raza
Kristen de Nes	...	Kim
Mark Turner	...	Joe
Randal Reeder	...	Big Bob
David Krumholtz	...	Goldstein
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Rosenberg
Ed Helms	...	Interpreter
Errol Sitahal	...	Dr. Patel
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Mr. Lee
Mary Deese	...	Mrs. Lee
Juli Erickson	...	Old White Woman
Kelvin Payton	...	Random Passenger
Ron Fagan	...	Random Passenger
Frank Mondaruli	...	Head of Security
D'Anthony Palms	...	Light-Skinned Black Security
Lester Speight	...	Dr. Jonavon White (as Lester 'Rasta' Speight)
Hugo Perez	...	Ramon
Colton Gramm	...	Groomsman
Patrick Michael Carney	...	Goon
Jason Konopisos	...	Goon
Chris Warner	...	State Trooper
Carsten H.W. Lorenz	...	Carsten (as Carsten Lorenz)
Angus Sutherland	...	Anton
Marisa Belinda	...	Jacuzzi Girl (as Marisa Rodriquez)
Claudia Pena	...	Jacuzzi Girl
Rob Andrist Plourde	...	Random Amsterdam Stoner (as Rob Andristplourde)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeremy Ambler	...	Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Eddie Armes	...	Gang Member (uncredited)
Kristin Barnhart	...	Airport Traveler (uncredited)
Michael Byrnes	...	Lt. Riggs / Goon (uncredited)
Brooke Devenney	...	Blonde Little Girl on Travel Bus (uncredited)
Trena Edwards	...	Weedy (uncredited)
Ted Ferguson	...	Wedding Greensman (uncredited)
Wilbur Fitzgerald	...	Colton's Father (uncredited)
Shun Hagins	...	Extra (uncredited)
Josh Heald	...	Terry Air Marshal #3 (uncredited)
Walt Hollis	...	Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Jon Hurwitz	...	Dancing Devil in Costume Shop (uncredited)
Kenneth Lecompte	...	Special Agent (uncredited)
Jimmy Lee Jr.	...	Terrorist (uncredited)
Krystal Mayo	...	Raza's Party Guest (uncredited)
Cindy McBride	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Steven Miramontz	...	Carsten's Assistant Photographer (uncredited)
Fabian C. Moreno	...	Cuban Refugee (uncredited)
Alec Rayme	...	Terrorist (uncredited)
Chris Reid	...	Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Colvin Roberson	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Joey Robinson	...	Raza's Party Goer 2 (uncredited)
Hayden Schlossberg	...	Dancing Monkey in Costume Shop (uncredited)
Charity Schubert	...	Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Greg Sproles	...	Air Marshal #1 (uncredited)
Bill Stinchcomb	...	Homeland Security Agent (uncredited)
Odessa Sykes	...	Lady of the Evening (uncredited)
Anand Vadehra	...	Terrorist #1 (uncredited)
Chuck Vail	...	Wedding Groomsman (uncredited)

Directed by
Jon Hurwitz
Hayden Schlossberg

Writing credits (WGA)
Jon Hurwitz		(written by) &
Hayden Schlossberg		(written by)
Jon Hurwitz		(characters) &
Hayden Schlossberg		(characters)

Produced by
Richard Brener	....	executive producer
Nicole Brown	....	co-producer
Samuel J. Brown	....	co-producer
Michael Disco	....	co-producer
Joseph Drake	....	executive producer (as Joe Drake)
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
Iddo Lampton Enochs Jr.	....	associate producer (as Lampton Enochs)
Jon Hurwitz	....	co-producer
Nathan Kahane	....	producer
Kelli Konop	....	co-producer
Carsten H.W. Lorenz	....	executive producer (as Carsten Lorenz)
Hayden Schlossberg	....	co-producer
Greg Shapiro	....	producer

Original Music by
George S. Clinton

Cinematography by
Daryn Okada

Film Editing by
Jeff Freeman

Casting by
Richard Hicks
David Rubin

Production Design by
Tony Fanning

Art Direction by
Kevin Hardison

Set Decoration by
Vera Mills

Costume Design by
Shawn Holly Cookson

Makeup Department
J.D. Bowers	....	prosthetics lab technician: W.M. Creations Inc.
J.D. Bowers	....	prosthetics sculptor: W.M. Creations Inc.
Sallie Ciganovich	....	key hair stylist
Sharisse Fine	....	department head hair stylist
Hildie Ginsberg	....	makeup department head
Stacey Herbert	....	additional makeup artist (as Stacey Taniguchi)
Jamie Kelman	....	special makeup effects artist
Ryan McDowell	....	prosthetic sculptor
Rey Medrano	....	additional hair stylist
Rita C. Moore	....	additional hair stylist
Matthew W. Mungle	....	special makeup designer (as Matthew Mungle)
Christopher Payne	....	makeup effects lab technician: W.M. Creations
Kent Richard	....	key hair stylist
Aimee Stuit	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Cyndi Brenner	....	unit production manager
Jack Schuster	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Benjamin T. Brammeier	....	second assistant director (as Ben Brammeier)
Michelle Gonsiorek	....	second second assistant director
Bruce Terris	....	first assistant director

Art Department
C. Alan Berry	....	construction gangboss
John Blanchard	....	construction general foreman
Eddie Burcham	....	set dresser
George Cawood	....	creative director: main title sequence
Gloria Hardison Clark	....	art department coordinator
Ken Deubel III	....	lead scenic
Terry Deubel	....	paint foreman
Walter Dickerson	....	swing set dresser
Justin Freeman	....	carpenter
Michael Hendrick	....	leadman
Juliana Hoffpauir	....	on-set dresser
Troy A. Johnson	....	construction buyer
Topher Kaminski	....	greensman
Joey Kent	....	carpenter
Joey Kent	....	painter
Myron Meek	....	carpenter (as Meek L. Myron)
Dave Merry	....	lead greensman (as David Blair Merry)
Sonda L. Rowland	....	painter
Chuck Stringer	....	construction coordinator
Brandon Swindle	....	construction utility technician
Gary Thomas	....	storyboard artist
Joe Walsh	....	set dresser
Andrew Wert	....	property master
Penny Wesney	....	painter

Sound Department
Robert Althoff	....	sound re-recordist
Jimmy 'Coach' Armstrong	....	boom operator
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Yvonne Bouis	....	additional utility sound
Barney Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
David S. DiPietro	....	sound recordist
Rickley W. Dumm	....	sound effects editor
Marc Fishman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stephen Fitzmaurice	....	adr mixer
Richard C. Franklin	....	foley editor (as Rick Franklin)
Hector C. Gika	....	temp sound effects editor (as Hector Gika)
Matthew P. Hanson	....	assistant sound editor (as Matt Hanson)
Michael Kreple	....	foley mixer
Tony Lamberti	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ryan Maguire	....	foley mixer
Jorge Montijo	....	temp dialogue editor
Jamey Osborne	....	utility cable
Paul N.J. Ottosson	....	sound supervisor
Joan Rowe	....	foley artist
Sean Rowe	....	foley artist
Richard Schexnayder	....	sound mixer
Hassell Teekell	....	additional utility sound
Greg ten Bosch	....	sound effects editor
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Robert Troy	....	dialogue and adr editor

Special Effects by
Jack Lynch	....	special effects coordinator
Koji Ohmura	....	special effects makeup
Bob Trevino	....	special effects foreman (as Robert Trevino)
Jeffery D. Woodrel	....	special effects technician (as Jeff Woodrel)

Visual Effects by
Dave Isaac Santos Abuel	....	visual effects (as Dave Santos Abuel)
Mandy Arnold	....	digital restoration artist
Hoon Bae	....	visual effects artist
Craig Bilsky	....	digital laboratory project manager
David Cole	....	digital colourist
Donnie Creighton	....	digital intermediate producer
Raymond Gieringer	....	visual effects supervisor: on-set
Ryan Helsley	....	digital intermediate producer
Heather Holty	....	digital laboratory project manager
Jason Howey	....	visual effects
Sadie D. Johnson	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Aaron Kaminar	....	visual effects supervisor
Vincent Lavares	....	data manager: Laser Pacific
Shira Mandel	....	junior rotoscope artist
Bruce Mann	....	digital compositor
Sean Nowlan	....	visual effects producer
Mike Spring	....	visual effects artist
Mai Suzuki	....	digital restoration artist
Cameron Thomas	....	visual effects
Vivian Wei	....	visual effects: Reality Check Studios

Stunts
Robert Alonzo	....	stunt double
Jay Amor	....	utility stunts
Kevin Beard	....	stunt double
Jon Braver	....	stunt double: Rob Corddry
Gregg Brazzel	....	stunt performer
Allen D'Nulderf	....	stunts
John Evanko	....	stunt rigger
Lex D. Geddings	....	utility stunts
Billy Golitz	....	stunt double
Dong Quan Ho	....	stunt double
Anderson Martin	....	stunt actor
Wayne Scott Miller	....	stunt performer
David Mueller	....	stunt rigger
Mark Munoz	....	stunts
Dave Phillips	....	stunt rigger
Steven Ritzi	....	stunt coordinator
Nick Stanner	....	stunt performer
John Zimmerman	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Adcock	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Michael Applebaum	....	additional camera operator
Patrick Barnes	....	assistant camera
Bob Bates	....	gaffer
Giovanni Bommarito	....	grip
Frank Boone	....	grip
Sarah Bowman	....	second assistant camera
Kevin Boyle	....	additional camera second assistant
Jeff Comfort	....	hydrascope technician
Justin Cooley	....	camera production assistant
Matt Cowan	....	dolly grip
Brandon Dauzat	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Rowland Egerton	....	rigging grip
Chris Ekstrom	....	key grip
Robert Foster	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Brouke Franklin	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Danny Horne	....	first assistant camera
Danny Horne	....	second assistant camera
Giovanni Jewell	....	grip
Vic Keatley	....	best boy electric
David McGill	....	Steadicam operator
Brent Swampy Mullins	....	rigging grip
Robert Owen	....	lighting technician
Mike 'Chewie' Pappas	....	electrician
Phillip Renke	....	grip
Peter D. Roome	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Declan Ryan	....	assistant balloon light technician
Declan Ryan	....	lighting technician
Armand J. Saucier	....	grip
Peter Simonite	....	camera operator
Chris Trosclair	....	electrician
Chris Trosclair	....	generator operator
Jaimie Trueblood	....	still photographer
Tedd Underwood	....	electrician
Steve Urban	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Ezra Venetos	....	best boy grip
Steve Zeiger	....	electrician

Casting Department
Brooke Estrada	....	background casting assistant
Ryan Glorioso	....	extras casting director
Tami Liller	....	key extras casting assistant
Christina Mullin	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Andree Fortier	....	wardrobe assistant
Krystle Lamoreaux	....	wardrobe assistant
Frances LeCompte	....	seamstress
Liz Staub	....	costume supervisor
Susan Thomas	....	key costumer
Elaine Varnes	....	set costumer
Rachel A. Walker	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Brian Addie	....	additional editor (as Brian G. Addie)
Joseph Barto	....	additional video editor
David Cole	....	digital intermediate color timer
Donnie Creighton	....	digital intermediate producer
Valance Eisleben	....	digital editor
Bruce Goodman	....	color timer: telecine
Ryan Helsley	....	digital intermediate producer
Sadie D. Johnson	....	digital intermediate assistant producer (as Sadie Johnson)
Florent Retz	....	first assistant editor
Reed Whorton	....	post-production assistant
Lance Spindler	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Kim Blackburn Bowen	....	music legal services
Greg Dennen	....	score mixing recordist
Mike Flicker	....	supervising music editor
Matt Friedman	....	music editor
Simon James	....	orchestra contractor
Steve Kempster	....	scoring mixer
Season Kent	....	music supervisor
Kory Kruckenberg	....	score recordist
Jamison Mack	....	orchestrator
Bryon Rickerson	....	additional music editor
Jed Smith	....	composer: additional music
Jed Smith	....	musician: trombone and tuba
Zachary Gibson Smith	....	musician: percussion
Brian Valentino	....	pro tools recordist (as Brian Vallentino)
Richard Ziegler	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Donald Binder	....	driver
Dennis W. Cook Jr.	....	picture car coordinator
John DeVay	....	utility driver
John McLaughlin	....	transportation coordinator
Aaron D. Moore	....	driver: construction
Richard Munoz	....	driver (as Ric Munoz)
Justin Nance	....	fuel truck driver
Randy Pritchett	....	driver
Ken Smith	....	transportation dispatcher
Kenneth Vining	....	driver
Jonathan Wensel	....	transportation
Doug Wilson	....	transportation captain
Daniel Woodcock	....	driver
Terry Woodcock	....	driver
James Yeates	....	driver

Other crew
Joseph Amaral	....	assistant: Mr. Hurwitz & Mr. Schlossberg
Austin Anderson	....	horses
Scott August	....	production coordinator
Barbara Babb	....	craft service
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Paul Belcher	....	production assistant
Roy Bogy	....	assistant production coordinator
Alex Borys	....	assistant location manager
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr voice director
Michael Daniel Cassady	....	adr loop group
Rachel Chapman	....	assistant: Mr. Kahane
Fran Cox	....	accounting clerk
Elizabeth DeLuna	....	script supervisor: second unit
Doug Dovichi	....	second unit captain
Ivan Drehspul	....	airline technical supervisor
Ashleigh Falls	....	adr loop group
James Ferrera	....	unit publicist
Destin E. Gautier	....	accounting clerk
Shelby Gillen	....	production intern
Chris Goyne	....	location assistant
Lori Grabowski	....	script supervisor
Lucia Hallett	....	production assistant
Ren Heeralal	....	stand-in
Heather Holty	....	digital laboratory project manager
Paul Huber	....	set production assistant
Susie Keatley	....	set medic
Matthew Keim	....	production assistant
Greg Kupiec	....	main title designer
Joe Lotuaco	....	assistant: Mr. Cho & Mr. Penn
Andrew Lovell	....	production assistant
Rob McEntegart	....	executive vice president, business affairs: Mandate Pictures
Marilyn Penn	....	post-production accountant
Josh Price	....	production coordinator
Charles Rapp	....	location manager
Johnny Rasmussen	....	location assistant
Charity Schubert	....	payroll accountant
J.R. Scott	....	production assistant
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Amber Tassin	....	production assistant
Michelle Tonjes	....	stand-in (as Michelle Lott)
Susana Torres	....	production assistant
Carol Trevino	....	assistant: Mr. Shapiro & Mr. Lorenz (as Carol E. Trevino)
Robert Velo	....	production financing
Tucker Wells	....	key set production assistant (as Justin Tucker Wells)
David Magdael	....	publicist (uncredited)
Greg Peck	....	intern (uncredited)

Thanks
Klaas Bense	....	special thanks
Kevin Kasha	....	special thanks
Andrew Moskos	....	special thanks
Paul Oakenfold	....	special thanks
Peter Principato	....	special thanks
Nick Sample	....	special thanks
Raza Syed	....	special thanks
Carol Trevino	....	in memory of
Paul Young	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema (presents)
• Kingsgate Films
• Mandate Pictures

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (2008) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Pioneer Films (2008) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• C More Entertainment Norge (2009) (Norway) (TV)
• Continental Film (2008) (Croatia) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (2009) (Brazil) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Reality Check Studios

Other Companies

• Air Hollywood  aviation sets and interiors
• Betafish Music  additional music courtesy of
• Betafish Music  additional music
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera car
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  hydrascope telescoping crane arm
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• Composite Effects  specialty props
• Deluxe  color and prints
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Eastwood Scoring Stage  score mixed at
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• FBT Film and Entertainment  tax credits
• Fairfield Studios  sound post-production (additional video editing)
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Final Word, The  loop group
• Framework Studio  main title design (as Framework Studio LA)
• High Times  thanks
• Hollywood Trucks  entertainment transportation
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• LaserPacific  digital intermediate services (as Laser Pacific Media Corporation)
• Mansfield Studios  sound stages
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  script research
• Momentous Insurance Brokerage  insurance
• Momentous Insurance Brokerage  production insurance services
• Northwest Sinfonia  score performed by
• NovaStar Digital  sound re-recording
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• RPM Music Preparation  music preparation
• Runway  Avids provided by
• Runway  post-production
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Sony Pictures Stock Footage  stock footage
• Todd-AO Studios  re-recorded at
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility

Also Known As:

"Harold & Kumar 2" - Singapore (English title), 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) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:11 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

In an April 24 2008 Newark Star Ledger interview, the writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg mention that Kumar's poem "The Square Root of Three" (parody of Joyce Kilmer's Trees) was written by a classmate of theirs, David Feinberg when all three went to Randolph High School in New Jersey. They were happy they could include in the film a poem they loved while growing up, and Feinberg was thrilled to make a contribution to the film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The device Kumar finds in the car, and uses to call Goldstein, is a Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. It is not even a phone, and is wrongly referred to as Nokia 7710.

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 Armageddon (1998)

Soundtrack:

We Do It Like This

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.