Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies' first theatrical spin off from an All That sketch, pairing Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell for a feature length lark built around a fast food rivalry. It was a modest studio bet on television popularity translating to the multiplex, and it succeeded well enough to become a defining artifact of nineties kid culture, still traded and referenced decades later for its specific brand of slapstick and catchphrase humor aimed squarely at a Saturday morning audience.
This cell isolates Kurt Bozwell, the unhinged antagonist whose presence anchors the film's comic tension against the easygoing heroes. Collectors seek him out because a villain cell captures the counterweight to the story's laid back charm, the figure whose scheming gives Good Burger its stakes. A single character cell like this one, drawn from 35mm printing stock, works like a condensed credits or trailer moment, isolating one performer's contribution to the ensemble without competing detail, letting Bozwell stand as his own small piece of the film's identity.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm colour 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 any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
The base shows a slight blue-violet tint consistent with a colour print stock; the dye image appears warm with no obvious fading or strong colour shift.
Projection history
Fine longitudinal lines consistent with projection wear are visible across the frame area; 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 release print of Good Burger (1997).
Era check
The bilateral variable-area optical soundtrack, colour print stock with blue-tinted base, and perforation layout are all consistent with a mid-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 000062553
Original Film CaptureAs received
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