Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as Paramount's big-screen spinoff of the Nickelodeon sketch that had made Kenan and Kel household names, expanding a recurring All That bit into a full feature built around a fast food joint under siege from a corporate rival. It was a modest studio release aimed squarely at the network's young audience, but it endured well past its theatrical run through constant cable replays, becoming a defining piece of nineties kids' television crossing into film and a nostalgic touchstone for the generation that grew up with it.
This cell centers on Ed, the good natured, scrambled logic burger slinger played by Kel Mitchell, placed at the counter that is his workplace and the film's central setting. The counter is where Ed's character is most purely himself, dispensing orders and nonsense in equal measure, making it a natural focal point for collectors seeking the character's essence rather than a plot beat. As a standalone frame drawn from the release print, it preserves a piece of the physical film history behind a role that helped define its era's comedy.
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 visible torn or missing perforations.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, consistent with a standard mono or stereo optical release print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers.
Base & colour
The base shows a warm-to-neutral tint with a slight blue cast from the light panel; the dye image appears stable with no obvious fading or red shift.
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; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot and the setting is consistent with the film on record.
Era check
The variable-area optical soundtrack, polyester-base appearance, and colour dye stock are all consistent with a mid-1990s theatrical release print, matching the 1997 production date.
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 000062533
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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