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 Kenan & Kel universe, riding the popularity of the duo's sketch comedy into a modest but enduring theatrical hit. Built around the fictional fast food joint at the center of its plot, the film became a touchstone of late-90s youth comedy, later gaining lasting affection through cable reruns and home video, cementing its place as a nostalgic favorite for a generation raised on Nickelodeon programming.
This cell centers on Ed, played by Kel Mitchell, whose cheerful and eccentric nature defines much of the film's comic engine. As the good natured, scatterbrained cashier at the story's heart, Ed represents the character collectors seek out first, the source of the movie's most quotable exchanges. A 35mm frame preserving him in this established mood offers a direct link to the performance that shaped the film's identity, a small but meaningful artifact from a beloved piece of 90s comedy history.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical 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 look clean with no torn or missing perforations visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the bottom edge beside the perforations, appearing as a dual bilateral waveform strip.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears warm to slightly amber-tinted; dye image shows warm colour rendering consistent with a colour release print.
Projection history
Light vertical 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, consistent with a theatrical release print.
Era check
The dual bilateral variable-area optical soundtrack and warm colour stock base are 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 000062560
Original Film CaptureAs received
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