Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as Nickelodeon's first theatrical spinoff of a sketch bit from All That, released through Paramount and CBS. It rode the wave of kid-friendly comedies built around a single catchphrase and a pair of likable leads, in this case Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell as Dexter and Ed. The film has since become a nostalgia touchstone for a generation raised on late nineties Nickelodeon, prized by collectors for its scrappy fast food premise and quotable dialogue rather than box office scale.
This cell centers on Mr. Bailey, the fussy regular customer whose demands and appetite become a running gag tied to the good burger's oddball charm. Feeding him is one of those small comic beats that keeps the film's fast food world grounded in character interaction rather than plot mechanics. For collectors, a moment like this represents the texture of the movie, the side business that made the good burger stand feel lived in. As a single frame preserved on 35mm, it stands as a physical artifact of a production that never expected this kind of permanence.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm Dolby Digital release print of Good Burger (1997).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched edges look clean with no torn or missing perforations visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual bilateral variable-area strip; Dolby Digital data blocks are also visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge, indicating a combined optical/Dolby Digital soundtrack.
Edge print
Edge print reads, mirrored as seen: '386 18 KODAK VII 1997'
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight warm-neutral tint consistent with colour print stock; the dye image shows no obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
No prominent scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with a release print of a 1997 theatrical feature.
Era check
The Kodak Vision print stock edge code dated 1997, combined with Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks and a variable-area optical track, is fully consistent with a 1997 theatrical release print.
Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.
This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
CROWN SERIAL 000062518
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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