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 around the popular sketch from All That. It brought the network's sensibility to the big screen at a moment when kids' television was becoming a viable launchpad for film, pairing Kenan Thompson with Kel Mitchell in a story of fast food, rival chains, and good natured chaos. The movie holds a lasting place for nineties kids as an early crossover hit tying small screen comedy to cinema.
This cell centers on Ed, Kel Mitchell's endearingly odd fast food employee, placed at the counter, the character's home base and the setting for much of the film's comic rhythm. Ed at the counter represents the character in his defining environment, the spot where his strange logic and good nature meet the public. For collectors, this is a core identity piece, a straightforward reel snapshot of the character exactly where audiences remember him.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm Dolby Digital theatrical release print of Good Burger (1997).
Gauge
35mm, 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 deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual bilateral variable-area (stereo) track with a Dolby noise-reduction signature; a band of dense digital data blocks consistent with a Dolby Digital inter-perforation data track is also present.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to quote characters reliably.
Base & colour
The base shows a warm amber-orange tint typical of a colour print stock; the dye image appears moderately saturated with no obvious red shift or significant fading.
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 the same or near-identical moment of a single shot, and the subject matter is consistent with a mid-1990s live-action comedy production matching the film on record.
Era check
The combination of dual bilateral variable-area optical track, Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, warm-base colour print stock, and positive print format 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 000062531
Original Film CaptureAs received
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