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 expansion of the beloved All That sketch, turning a recurring bit into a full comedy built around fast food chaos. It marked one of the earliest theatrical showcases for Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell as a duo, capturing the tail end of the network's mid-90s sketch boom and helping cement both performers as recognizable names beyond television, at a time when Nickelodeon was actively testing its brand in theaters.
This cell centers on Dexter Reed and Ed, the film's central pairing and the reason audiences bought tickets in the first place. As the two employees whose mismatched energy drives the entire story, they represent the beating heart of Good Burger's appeal to collectors of 90s kids' comedy memorabilia. A frame carrying both names side by side preserves the core partnership itself, the pairing that defines the movie's identity, making this a foundational piece for anyone assembling a collection built around the film's signature duo.
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 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, with what appears to be a Dolby Digital data-block strip in the inter-perforation zone on the same edge.
Edge print
Not fully legible in this capture; faint edge markings are present but cannot be quoted with certainty.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight warm-neutral tint; dye image shows no obvious fading or strong colour 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 visible content is consistent with the live-action comedy film on record.
Era check
The combination of a variable-area optical track with apparent Dolby Digital data blocks between perforations is consistent with a mid-to-late 1990s 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 000062570
Original Film CaptureAs received
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