Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies' bet on a Kenan & Kel sketch, expanding the "All That" bit into a full feature. It rode the wave of kid-focused, sketch-derived comedies of the era, banking on the pair's easy chemistry and a fast food premise thin enough to hang endless gags on. The film became a formative artifact for a generation raised on Nickelodeon, remembered fondly less for plot than for its cast of oddball characters and quotable lines, cementing its place as a minor but persistent piece of 90s youth culture.
This cell centers on Kurt Bozwell, played by Jan Schweiterman, the twitchy, unhinged antagonist whose presence supplies the film's darker comic edge against the sunnier leads. Collectors seek him out precisely because he's the wildcard, the one figure whose menace and unpredictability cut against the fast food silliness. A cell bearing his name alone marks him as a standalone point of interest, likely drawn from a scene or credit spotlighting his role directly, the kind of single-character frame that let audiences register just how strange Kurt is meant to be.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Good Burger (1997).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds three frames across its visible length.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched holes appear cleanly formed with no torn or deformed edges visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the lower edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual-band waveform pattern 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 appears with a slight blue-violet tint consistent with a modern safety base stock; the dye image reads as warm with no obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
Light vertical lines are visible across the frame area, consistent with projection wear on a release print; no splices or cue marks are seen.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with a theatrical release print of the film on record.
Era check
The dual variable-area optical soundtrack, blue-tinted polyester safety base, and colour dye image are all consistent with a mid-to-late 1990s theatrical release print, matching the 1997 production date 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 000062551
Original Film CaptureAs received
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