Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as a Nickelodeon and Paramount production, expanding the Kenan & Kel sketch into a feature film built around the fast food rivalry between Good Burger and the corporate chain Mondo Burger. It marked one of the studio's early bets on turning a kids' variety show into a theatrical release, and it has since held a lasting place in 90s comedy nostalgia, remembered for its absurdist humor and slacker charm rather than box office numbers.
This cell centers on Fizz, the counter worker whose presence at Good Burger anchors much of the film's comic rhythm. Collectors seek him out because the counter setting is the emotional and comedic hub of the story, the place where the restaurant's identity and its staff's oddball energy come through most clearly. A cell built around Fizz at the counter captures a defining location rather than a single gag, giving it steady appeal among those assembling a collection around the film's core cast and setting.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm Dolby Digital composite optical 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, evenly spaced, cleanly punched 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 two-track variable-area format; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge, indicating a Dolby Digital optical composite print.
Edge print
Partially legible text reads '1997' mirrored along the lower edge; full key number sequence not fully legible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight warm-neutral tint; dye image shows good colour saturation with no obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
No visible splices, cue marks, or heavy scratching; minor fine lines consistent with a print that has seen projection use.
Picture
Positive colour image; three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with a release print of Good Burger (1997).
Era check
The Dolby Digital composite optical track format and the 1997 edge date are consistent with a mid-1990s theatrical release print, matching the 1997 release 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 000062546
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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