Schedule

Friday, June 14, 2024
7 p.m. Festival Lawn opens
8:30 p.m. Outdoor Film Screening

Join our outdoor film party to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the classic comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle! An epic tale of adventure and romance, Harold and Kumar follows stoner buddies Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) as they venture through the wilds of New Jersey to satisfy their craving for White Castle sliders. On a journey that Roger Ebert said "makes the travels of Cheech and Chong look like outings in the Popemobile," the friends encounter a wild barrage of characters, with cameos by Ryan Reynolds, Anthony Anderson, and Neil Patrick Harris.

The festivities begin with Harold and Kumar-approved music, burger-chan grilling up their homage to the White Castle slider, a trivia contest to win official White Castle gift packs, and complimentary drinks (beer, soju, and cocktails) from Coam Beverage.

Tickets include the outdoor film screening, one slider, two drinks, andv official White Castle swag. Additional munchies will be available for sale. To request a vegetarian option for the included slider, please contact Amal Hasan, Performing Arts and Culture Programs Manager, at [email protected].

This film is rated R for strong language, sexual content, brief nudity, drug use, and some crude humor. Guests must be ages 18 and up.

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
United States, 2004, 88 minutes
Director: Danny Leiner | Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Ethan Embry | Language: English
Rating: R (Strong language, sexual content, brief nudity, drug use, some crude humor)

Performing Arts and Culture programs at Asia Society Texas are presented by Syamal and Susmita Poddar. Major support comes from Nancy C. Allen, Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen, The Brown Foundation, Inc., the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, The Clayton Fund, Houston Endowment Inc. Generous funding also provided by The Anchorage Foundation of Texas, The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, and Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, and the Wortham Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Friends of Asia Society, a dedicated group of individuals and organizations committed to bringing exceptional programming to Asia Society Texas.

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