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 Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell had built on All That, turning their fast-food duo into a full feature. It rode the wave of kid-focused studio comedies of the decade, giving a generation of young viewers their first theatrical showcase for the pair before either actor became a household name in adult comedy. The film's modest budget and cult afterlife have made it a touchstone for 90s Nickelodeon nostalgia collectors.
This cell centers on Dexter Reed, the ambitious, scheming half of the Good Burger partnership, played by Kenan Thompson opposite Kel Mitchell's Ed. Dexter is the character audiences remember as the sharp-tongued foil to Ed's easy sincerity, and cells naming him specifically appeal to collectors tracing Thompson's earliest starring film role. As a 35mm frame from the era's release prints, it represents a physical fragment of that original theatrical run, a tangible artifact from the moment these two performers first carried a studio picture together.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical 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 track is visible along the bottom edge, with what appears to be a dual-bilateral or variable-area pattern; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the bottom edge, indicating a Dolby Digital optical 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 blue tint consistent with a dyed rem-jet or backing layer on a colour print stock; the dye image appears warm with strong reds and purples, no obvious fading.
Projection history
No visible splices or cue marks; faint longitudinal lines are present suggesting the print has been projected.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, consistent with a theatrical release print of the film on record.
Era check
The composite Dolby Digital optical track alongside variable-area optical tracks is consistent with mid-1990s theatrical release print practice, matching a 1997 release.
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 000062526
Original Film CaptureAs received
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