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 beloved Nickelodeon sketch, carrying "All That" characters Ed and Dexter from television into a feature-length comedy about rival fast food joints. Directed by Brian Robbins and led by Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, the film became a defining piece of 90s kids' entertainment, cementing the duo as a genuine comedy team beyond the sketch format and giving an entire generation a lasting catchphrase in "Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order."
This cell centers on the undercover thread that runs through the film's back half, when Ed and Dexter Reed infiltrate the corporate rival Mondo Burger to expose its schemes against their beloved neighborhood spot. It's a plot turn collectors favor because it puts both leads squarely together in disguise, playing against their established roles as the pair takes on new identities for the sake of the story. As a 35mm piece from this stretch of the film, it preserves a moment built on partnership and scheme, the two friends working as a team rather than separately.
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 a single-track waveform stripe.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer text, key numbers or safety designation.
Base & colour
The base shows a slight cool-blue tint consistent with a colour print stock; the dye image appears saturated with no obvious red shift or fading.
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; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, and the content is consistent with a live-action comedy feature matching the film on record.
Era check
A single variable-area optical track alongside a 35mm colour positive print is consistent with a mid-1990s theatrical release print, as Good Burger (1997) would have been distributed in this format.
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 000062562
Original Film CaptureAs received
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