Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - PREVIEW
Writing by on Thursday, 10 of April , 2008 at 11:57 am
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is the sequel to Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. The film is planned for release on April 25, 2008 with John Cho and Kal Penn returning as the duo of stoners and Paula Garcés as Harold’s love interest Maria. Neil Patrick Harris also returns as a satirical version of himself.
Film production began the third week of January 2007 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and finished in March.
New additions to the cast are comedian Jon Reep and former Daily Show correspondents Rob Corddry and Ed Helms. Others include David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jack Conley, Roger Bart, Danneel Harris, Eric Winter, Adam Herschman, Richard Christy, and Brandon Routh.
Plot
The movie will pick up where the first movie left off. It will follow Harold Lee and Kumar Patel on their trip to Amsterdam, where Harold hopes to find Maria, the girl of his dreams. On board the plane, Kumar is mistaken for a ‘bomb carrying terrorist’ while the pair are trying to use a bong on board a plane en route to Amsterdam. They are incarcerated in a Guantanamo Bay detention camp but manage to escape.
The movie follows their adventures as fugitives from the United States Department of Homeland Security as they travel through Miami to Texas and ultimately find themselves in the ranch-house of President George W. Bush.
Cast
- John Cho as Harold Lee
- Kal Penn as Kumar Patel
- Roger Bart as Dr. Bleecher
- Paula Garcés as Maria Quesa Dilla
- Neil Patrick Harris as Neil Patrick Harris
- Rob Corddry as Ron Fox
- David Krumholtz as Chevitz Goldstein
- Clyde Kusatsu as Mr. Lee
- Eddie Kaye Thomas as Manny Rosenberg
- Beverly D’Angelo as Brothel Mistress
- Jon Reep as Raymus
- Ed Helms as an Interpreter
- Adam Herschman as Archie
- Jack Conley as Deputy Frye
- Danneel Harris as Vanessa
- Tamara Feldman as Chloe
- James Adomian as President George W. Bush
Reaction
Daily Variety declared Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay “‘Animal House‘ meets ‘Dr. Strangelove” and called it “one of the ballsiest comedies to come out of Hollywood in a long time.”
The Guardian praised Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay as “one of the most raucous screenings I’ve ever attended. Even the opening credits were wildly applauded, and much of the dialogue was inaudible over the laughter.”
UnderGroundOnline observed that Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay “has a wonderful, stream-of-consciousness quality that hasn’t been seen since the early work of John Waters or, to a certain extent, Monty Python.”
Cinema Blend stated that “if you loved the first one you’re going to piss yourself laughing at this.”
Trivia
- Kal Penn played a terrorist in the sixth season of 24.
- Despite the title, most of the scenes do not take place in Guantanamo Bay, which appears for a short time in during the middle of the film.
- The character Ron Fox is stated to be the most racist character in any film, because of his hatred and banter between minorities and himself.
- It is considered to be the first R-rated film to have a prominent display of the human vagina in a scene where Harold and Kumar hides in a place where a “bottomless” party is being held.
- Parts of the film were leaked, which shows short clips of every profane term spoken.
- Production budget has been lowered because Danny Leiner, who is an experienced director, is not involved with the sequel. Instead, writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg became co-directors with influences techniques based on Leiner’s.
Advertising
In October 2007, a “coming soon” poster featuring Neil Patrick Harris began circulating on the Internet. Showing Harris astride a unicorn, the advertisement poses the question What would NPH do?
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