Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as Paramount's big-screen expansion of the Nickelodeon sketch that began on All That, riding the momentum of Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell as a bankable comedy duo aimed squarely at the network's young audience. Directed by Brian Robbins, it turned a fast food counter into the setting for a scrappy underdog story, pitting a beloved local burger joint against a corporate chain. The film became a defining piece of nineties Nickelodeon culture, later prized by collectors for capturing that studio's crossover from television to theatrical features.
This cell centers on Ed, the cashier whose cheerful, eccentric energy anchors much of the film's comedy, placed here alongside Monique, played by Shar Jackson. Their shared presence points to the human traffic passing through Good Burger's counter, the small interactions that give the restaurant its charm. For collectors, a 35mm frame holding these two figures together preserves a moment of everyday exchange within the film's larger comic chaos, a quieter beat amid the story's escalating absurdity.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm colour release print of Good Burger (1997).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both visible edges; spacing appears even and the punched holes appear cleanly formed with rounded corners.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a narrow band with a wavy transparent region consistent with a single variable-area mono or stereo track.
Edge print
Not clearly legible in this capture; text markings appear present along the edge margins but cannot be read at this resolution.
Base & colour
The base shows a warm to slightly amber tint; the dye image retains visible colour saturation without obvious fading or strong red shift.
Projection history
Faint vertical lines consistent with projection wear are visible across the frame area; no splices or cue marks are seen.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be the same shot, running consecutively, and the visible setting is consistent with the film on record.
Era check
A single variable-area optical track alongside a colour positive 35mm print is consistent with a mid-1990s theatrical release print, matching the 1997 production 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 000062554
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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