Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, also known as Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies in the UK, is a 2004 American stoner comedy film and the first installment of the Harold & Kumar series. The film was written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, and directed by Danny Leiner.
Plot
Investment banker cubicle worker Harold Lee is pressured by his colleagues to do their work while they leave for the weekend. Meanwhile, his roommate Kumar Patel attends a medical school interview, where he is highly qualified but intentionally botches it to avoid getting accepted. Harold is attracted to his neighbor, Maria, but is unable to admit his feelings. After smoking marijuana and seeing an advertisement for White Castle, the pair decide to get its hamburgers. After traveling to the nearest White Castle in New Brunswick, they find it replaced by "Burger Shack". The drive-thru employee informs them of another White Castle in Cherry Hill.
Cast
- Albert Howell
- Angelo Tsarouchas
- Anthony Anderson
- Bobby Lee
- Boyd Banks
- Brooke D'Orsay
- Christopher Meloni
- Christopher Thompson
- David Krumholtz
- Dov Tiefenbach
- Eddie Kaye Thomas
- Ethan Embry
- Fred Willard
- Gary Anthony Williams
- Hayden Schlossberg
- Jamie Kennedy
- John Cho
- Jon Hurwitz
- Jordan Prentice
- Kal Penn
- Luis Guzmán
- Malin Åkerman
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Paula Garcés
- Ryan Reynolds
- Shaun Majumder
- Steve Braun
- The Legend of Gator Face
More details
| author | Hayden Schlossberg Jon Hurwitz |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Jersey |
| director | Danny Leiner |
| editor | Jeff Betancourt |
| genre | adventure comedy |
| keywords | amsterdam convenience store ecstasy emergency surgery extreme sports force foursome hang glider hear how to investment banker lose mdma medical cannabis medical marijuana medical school movie theater netherlands new brunswick older brother party police officer princeton university rescue smoke state trooper steal trap travel white castle |
| musicBy | David Kitay |
| producer | Greg Shapiro Nathan Kahane |
| productionCompany | Endgame Entertainment Kingsgate Films Senator International |
| publisher | New Line Cinema |
| recordedAt | New Jersey Toronto |
| theme | buddy comedy race and ethnicity road movie stoner |