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 a Nickelodeon sketch born on All That, riding the momentum of 1990s teen sketch comedy into a full theatrical feature. Directed by Brian Robbins and pairing Kenan Thompson with Kel Mitchell, it became a defining artifact of Nickelodeon's crossover ambitions, a low-budget comedy that outlasted its modest release to become a cable and home-video staple, cherished by a generation that grew up quoting its fast-food absurdities.
This cell centers on Dexter Reed, the fast-talking schemer played by Kenan Thompson, whose hustling energy anchors the film's comic engine. As one half of the central duo, Dexter represents the ambition and mischief that collide with the good-natured chaos of the titular burger stand. A 35mm frame carrying his name and likeness serves as a straightforward piece of the film's visual record, the kind of single-character cell collectors seek to represent a lead performer's presence within the picture's identity.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Good Burger (1997).
Gauge
35mm; the strip holds three frames, each showing four perforations per frame on both edges.
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 running along one edge beside the picture area, with what appears to be a dual bilateral or variable-density pattern; a dense data block consistent with Dolby Digital is visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer text or key numbers.
Base & colour
The base shows a cool-to-neutral tint; the dye image reads with a slight blue-purple cast, consistent with a colour print stock of the mid-1990s.
Projection history
Light vertical scratching is visible across the frame area, consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with a release print of a 1997 live-action feature.
Era check
The combination of a variable-area optical track with Dolby Digital data blocks in the perforation gaps, a cool-base colour print stock, and the positive image format 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 000062529
Original Film CaptureAs received
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