Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as Nickelodeon's first theatrical feature, a Paramount release built from the popular All That sketch and starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. It captured the network's late-nineties sensibility, bringing sketch comedy pacing and a distinct kid-friendly absurdism to the big screen at a time when Nickelodeon was expanding its brand beyond television. The film became a touchstone for a generation raised on Kel and Kenan, and its modest theatrical run has since grown into a cult favorite among collectors of nineties youth media.
This cell centers on Ed, the cheerful and eccentric cashier played by Kel Mitchell, the character whose good natured strangeness anchors the film's comic engine. Ed's warmth and offbeat logic define the Good Burger world, making him a favorite among collectors seeking his specific brand of sunny weirdness. A cell like this preserves a single frame of celluloid history, a physical artifact from the reel itself rather than a reproduction, offering fans a tangible piece of the character's presence in the finished film.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm Dolby Digital theatrical release print of Good Burger (1997).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame visible 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 track is visible running along the bottom edge of the strip, appearing as a dual-wave pattern consistent with a stereo variable-area track; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower edge, indicating a Dolby Digital SR·D composite track.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers.
Base & colour
The base shows a warm amber-to-orange tint typical of an orange-base colour print stock; the dye image appears moderately saturated with no obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
Light vertical scratching is visible running through all three frames, consistent with projection wear; no splices or cue marks are seen.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be the same shot, suggesting a very short strip; the image is consistent with a theatrical release print of Good Burger (1997).
Era check
The composite Dolby Digital SR·D optical track alongside a variable-area stereo track, on an orange-base colour print stock, is consistent with a mid-to-late 1990s theatrical release print, matching the 1997 release 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 000062522
Original Film CaptureAs received
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