Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as Nickelodeon's first theatrical feature, a Paramount release that spun a recurring All That sketch into a full comedy built around fast food absurdity. It paired Kenan Thompson with Kel Mitchell at the height of their network popularity, riding the wave of Nickelodeon's push into film production during that decade. The movie became a touchstone of 90s kid culture, remembered for its quotable lines and the earnest strangeness of its title restaurant, and it remains a nostalgic favorite for anyone who grew up on the network's programming.
This cell centers on Ed, the character Kel Mitchell made iconic, placed at the counter that gives Good Burger its name and its comic engine. Collectors seek Ed material because he embodies the film's particular brand of gentle chaos, the good natured employee whose logic never quite lines up with everyone else's. A counter scene situates him at his post, the workplace where the film's humor is generated scene after scene. As a single 35mm frame from the era of physical release prints, it preserves a fragment of that theatrical run in tangible form.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical 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 deformed holes.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the bottom edge, appearing as a dual bilateral waveform pattern consistent with a stereo optical release print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers.
Base & colour
The base shows a slight warm-amber tint typical of processed acetate safety stock; the dye image appears saturated with no obvious fading or red shift.
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 from the same continuous shot, and the setting and wardrobe are consistent with the theatrical release of Good Burger (1997).
Era check
The dual bilateral variable-area optical soundtrack, acetate safety base tint, and 35mm four-perforation layout are all consistent with a mid-to-late 1990s theatrical release print.
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 000062566
Original Film CaptureAs received
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