Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as Paramount's big-screen expansion of the Nickelodeon sketch that began on All That, pairing Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell in a fast food comedy built for a young audience. It became a modest theatrical hit and a lasting favorite on home video, helping cement Nickelodeon's push into film production during the 1990s and giving both stars their breakout leading roles.
This cell centers on Ed, the character Kel Mitchell made into a cultural touchstone through sheer good nature. He is the cheerful, eccentric heart of Good Burger, the employee whose odd logic and relentless positivity power much of the film's humor. Collectors seek out Ed because he represents the character's defining personality distilled into a single strip of film, a piece that captures the cheerful eccentricity fans associate with the role rather than a passing plot beat. As a 35mm keepsake, it preserves that identity in physical form.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm color 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 appear clean with no torn or missing perforations visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical soundtrack track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, consistent with a mono or stereo optical print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers.
Base & colour
The base appears with a slight warm-amber tint typical of processed color print stock; the dye image reads as a normally saturated color positive with no obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
Light vertical scratching is visible running through the frame area, consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate.
Picture
Positive color image; all three frames appear to be the same shot repeated, consistent with a release print frame sequence from the film on record.
Era check
The variable-area optical soundtrack, color print stock with warm base tint, and perforation style are all consistent with a mid-to-late 1990s theatrical release print, matching the 1997 production date of the film on record.
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 000062521
Original Film CaptureAs received
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