Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

"This time they're running from the joint."

2008 1h 41m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 1,693

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Synopsis

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Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlands. But the pair must change their plans when Kumar is accused of being a terrorist. Rob Corddry also stars in this wild comedy sequel that follows the hapless stoners' misadventures as they try to avoid being captured by the Department of Homeland Security.

“This time they're running from the joint.”

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Cast

John Cho
Harold Lee
Kal Penn
Kumar Patel
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris
Rob Corddry
Ron Fox
Roger Bart
Dr. Jack Beecher
Danneel Ackles
Vanessa Fanning
Eric Winter
Colton Graham
Jon Reep
Raymus

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hayden Schlossberg
Writers: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.6× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Part of the "Harold & Kumar Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hayden Schlossberg, shot by Daryn Okada. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by George S. Clinton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jeff Freeman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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John Cho and Kal Penn and Neil Patrick Harris carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "This time they're running from the joint.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hayden Schlossberg directs. Daryn Okada behind the camera. George S. Clinton scores. Jeff Freeman cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 3.6× over at the box office.
2Released 18 years ago.
3Part of the "Harold & Kumar Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Hayden Schlossberg, shot by Daryn Okada. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by George S. Clinton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jeff Freeman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7John Cho and Kal Penn and Neil Patrick Harris carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "This time they're running from the joint.".
9IMDB entry: tt0481536 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 13 themes, including "guantanamo bay", "road trip", "guantánamo", "cannabis".
11Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Daryn Okada
Original score: George S. Clinton
Editing: Jeff Freeman
Production design: Tony Fanning
Costume design: Shawn-Holly Cookson
Makeup / hair: Hildie Ginsberg
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $12,000,000
Box office: $43,493,123
Return: 362% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)

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Harold & Kumar Collection

An American stoner comedy film series starring John Cho (Harold) and Kal Penn (Kumar).

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Kamurai2020-09-15
★ 6/10
Decent watch, could watch again, and can recommend. It definitely doesn't stand alone, you've got to see the first movie for this one to have enough context for the situation. It is nice that they shuffled the structure around a little, giving Kumar the love interest instead of Harold, but he's still the "problem causer" in the pair. This turns into more abuse humor focused on Harold, even more than the first movie. Where the first movie had a much more passive antagonist and it was more of situational adversity, this has the U.S. Government as an active antagonist. This makes it political and a little less fun, but more importantly it about them running FROM something as opposed to running TO something. While this formula is a little less fun by structure, they managed to up the ridiculousness of the situations from the first movie. I honestly think they just did everything they thought they couldn't get away with in the original. I can easily say this is just as good as the original, which feels rare in movies.

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