Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (released in some international markets as Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies) is a 2004 American buddy stoner comedy film directed by Danny Leiner, written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, and starring John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Anthony Anderson and Fred Willard. The first installment in the Harold & Kumar franchise, the film follows Harold Lee (Cho) and Kumar Patel (Penn) on their adventure to a White Castle restaurant after smoking marijuana.
Plot
Investment banker Harold Lee is persuaded by his colleagues to do their work while they leave for the weekend. Kumar Patel attends a medical school interview, but intentionally botches it to prevent getting accepted. Harold is attracted to his neighbor, Maria, but is unable to express his feelings. After smoking marijuana with Kumar, and seeing an advertisement for White Castle, the pair decide to get hamburgers. After traveling to the nearest White Castle in New Brunswick, they find it replaced by "Burger Shack" but learn 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 White Castle (Cherry Hill, NJ) |
| director | Danny Leiner |
| editor | Jeff Betancourt |
| genre | adventure comedy |
| keywords | cheetah convenience store ecstasy escalate extreme sports force foursome hang glider 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 steal trap travel white castle |
| musicBy | David Kitay |
| producer | Greg Shapiro Nathan Kahane |
| productionCompany | Endgame Entertainment Kingsgate Films Senator International |
| publisher | Mandate Pictures New Line Cinema |
| recordedAt | New Jersey Toronto |
| theme | buddy comedy race and ethnicity road movie satirical stoner |