Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as a Nickelodeon Movies production released through Paramount, expanding the All That sketch characters Ed and Dexter into a full feature. It rode the wave of kid-and-teen comedies built from television sketch premises, a formula that would define much of that decade's family box office. Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell headline as the fast food employees whose chaos drives the plot, and the film remains a touchstone of 90s Nickelodeon crossover cinema, valued now as a marker of that studio's brief but influential run into theatrical comedy.
This cell centers on Fizz, the counter's signature soda, placed at a moment tied directly to the burger stand's daily rhythm. Counter scenes anchor the film's comedic engine, the back and forth between employees and customers that made the sketch format translate to a feature. Collectors seek this cell for its connection to the restaurant setting itself, the beverage that shares billing with the burgers as part of the shop's identity. It represents the everyday texture of Good Burger, the small business details fans return to.
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 two bilateral variable-area lines consistent with a stereo optical print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers.
Base & colour
The base shows a slight warm-neutral tint; 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 continuous shot, and the setting and costuming are consistent with Good Burger (1997).
Era check
The bilateral variable-area optical soundtrack, colour positive print stock, and base tint are all consistent with a mid-to-late 1990s 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 000062547
Original Film CaptureAs received
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