Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as Paramount and Nickelodeon's big-screen extension of the sketch that made All That a hit, pairing Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell in their first starring vehicle. Built around a fast food joint under siege from a corporate rival, the film became a defining piece of 90s teen comedy, proof that Nickelodeon's television humor could carry a feature and launch a lasting duo.
This cell centers on Ed, Kel Mitchell's cheerfully oblivious fry cook, whose name alone signals the character collectors chase from this production. The Burger Mobile ties him to the film's roving promotional vehicle, a piece of the Good Burger world used for advertising and errands that became shorthand for the restaurant's homemade charm. As a 35mm frame preserved from the release, it stands as a physical fragment of the movie's theatrical run, a tangible artifact from the reel rather than a reproduction, capturing Ed's connection to the burger joint's rolling emblem.
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.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched holes appear cleanly cut with rounded corners throughout.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the bottom edge of the picture area, appearing as two bilateral variable-area tracks with a blue stripe beside them, consistent with a Dolby Stereo SR 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 warm-to-neutral tint; the dye image reads with a slight warm-purple cast typical of a projected release print.
Projection history
Light vertical scratching is visible across the frame area, consistent with repeated projection through a gate.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be from the same continuous shot, and the content is consistent with a live-action theatrical release matching the film on record.
Era check
The bilateral variable-area optical soundtrack with blue Dolby stripe, the warm polyester base tint, and the positive release-print format are all consistent with a mid-to-late 1990s 35mm theatrical release print, 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 000062559
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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