Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as Nickelodeon's first theatrical feature under Paramount, spun off from the popular All That sketch of the same name. Starring Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson, it captured the studio's push to translate its television sensibility into a wider release, aimed squarely at the young audience who grew up on the network. Though modest in scale, the film became a touchstone of late nineties kid culture, remembered fondly for its absurdist humor and the enduring image of the mascot burger with eyes. Its low-budget charm and cast of rising sketch comedy talent gave it a lasting place in nostalgia-driven collecting circles.
This cell preserves the opening title card, the frame that announces the film before a single line of dialogue is spoken. For collectors, title cards hold particular value as the first visual handshake between studio and viewer, often the most reproduced image tied to a film's identity. Here that identity is the Good Burger name itself, rendered in its recognizable branding. It stands as a piece of the film's opening ceremony, the moment audiences settled in before Kenan and Kel's world of fast food chaos began to unfold.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm Dolby Digital optical release print of Good Burger (1997).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on each edge, evenly spaced; punching appears clean with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the perforations, appearing as a dual bilateral variable-area pattern; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
Base appears with a warm-to-neutral tint; the dye image shows rich reds and amber tones consistent with a colour print stock in good dye retention.
Projection history
No prominent scratches or splices are visible; the image surface appears consistent with a projected release print.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with a theatrical release print of an animated or computer-generated medical/biological illustration sequence matching the 1997 production period.
Era check
The combination of dual bilateral variable-area optical track and Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks 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 000062543
Original Film CaptureAs received
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