Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as a Paramount release built from a Nickelodeon sketch, expanding the All That characters Ed and Dexter into a full theatrical feature. It marked a moment when kids' television was crossing into film with real studio backing, and it gave Kel Mitchell his signature role. For collectors of 90s Nickelodeon material, the movie sits as a landmark crossover, a bridge between sketch comedy and mainstream cinema.
This cell centers on Ed, the good natured, endlessly earnest fast food worker played by Kel Mitchell, placed at the counter that defines his character's world. The counter is Ed's stage, the site of his logic defying charm and his loyalty to the restaurant he loves. Owning this piece means owning the character's home base, the spot where his personality and the film's comedy take root, a fitting anchor for anyone building a Good Burger collection.
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 running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a two-track variable-area format; a dense pixelated band consistent with Dolby Digital data blocks is also visible in the inter-perforation zone on the opposite edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight warm-to-neutral tint; the dye image shows a mild pinkish-magenta shift consistent with aged colour print stock.
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 and the setting is consistent with the film on record.
Era check
The combination of a variable-area optical track with Dolby Digital data blocks in the perforation gaps 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 000062532
Original Film CaptureAs received
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