Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)

A Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers.

Director:

Danny Leiner

Writers:

Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg

Stars:

John Cho, Kal Penn, Ethan Embry

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Cho	...	Harold Lee
Ethan Embry	...	Billy Carver
Rob Tinkler	...	J.D. (as Robert Tinkler)
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

Storyline

Harold Lee and Kumar Patel are two stoners who end up getting the munchies. What they crave the most after seeing a TV advertisement, is a trip to White Castle. So from here, follows a journey for the burgers they require. On their way they will encounter many obstacles including a raccoon, a racist officer, and a horny Neil Patrick Harris.

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Plot Keywords:

stoner | stoner comedy | road trip | short skirt | girl wearing a mini skirt | 

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Taglines:

Fast Food. High Times.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

The large poster in Harold and Kumar's apartment is for a 1942 anti-marijuana propaganda film known as "Devil's harvest".

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Goofs

The rear-view mirror is present in some scenes and missing in others where we see Harold and Kumar though the windshield of their car.

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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.

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Alternate Versions

There is approximately one extra minute of scenes in the "Unrated" version of the movie:

• At the Asian party, two women flash the shy guy in order to get some weed. Harold and Kumar stop and stare, as does a campus police officer chasing them. The women then cover themselves after noticing the campus police.
• After the kayak stunt, the guys talk a little longer about how "extreme" the stunt was and one picks up a bag of Doritos Extreme Cheddar and eats it.
• The scene with Neil Patrick Harris and the two strippers is slightly longer.
• Cindy Kim is shown kissing Goldstein (when his mouth is full of food) at Hotdog Heaven.
• The Extreme guys have more dialogue after Harold steals their truck.

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Connections

References South Park (1997)

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Soundtracks

Ballin Boy
Written by D. Hill, T. Latimer
Performed by No Good
Courtesy of ArtistDirect

User Reviews

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!"

Details

Official Sites:

WarnerBros.com

Country:

USA Canada Germany

Language:

English Hindi

Release Date:

30 July 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Filming Locations:

Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$9,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,200,000, 1 August 2004

Gross USA:

$18,250,550

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$23,936,908

Company Credits

Production Co:

Endgame Entertainment, Harold & Kumar, Kingsgate Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1