Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies' bet that the sketch chemistry of All That could carry a feature. Built around Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, the film follows the culture clash at a small burger stand fighting off a corporate giant next door, mixing slapstick, absurdist logic, and a genuine affection for its oddball cast. It found its audience on home video and cable reruns, becoming a defining piece of late nineties kids' comedy and a launching point for two performers who would go on to long careers in sketch and film.
This cell centers on Ed, the cashier whose scattered logic and relentless good nature became the film's comic engine and its most quoted throughline. Collectors seek Ed material because he is the character audiences actually remember, the one whose catchphrases outlived the movie itself. A single 35mm frame of him carries that cheerful, off-kilter energy in its purest, most concentrated form, a small physical remnant of a performance built entirely on charm and unpredictability.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm colour optical release print of Good Burger (1997).
Gauge
35mm; the strip holds three frames, each showing four perforations per frame on both edges.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched edges appear clean with no visible torn or missing perforations.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical soundtrack track is visible running along one edge below the picture area, appearing as a dual-band variable-area 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 to carry a slight warm-violet tint; the dye image reads as a colour positive with no obvious fading or strong colour shift.
Projection history
Light horizontal scratching is visible across the frame area, consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, and the subject matter is consistent with a mid-1990s live-action comedy feature matching the film on record.
Era check
The dual variable-area optical soundtrack, colour positive base, and perforation layout are all consistent with a standard 35mm theatrical release print from the late 1990s, matching the 1997 release 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 000062555
Original Film CaptureAs received
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