Nickelodeon Movies · Tollin/Robbins Productions · 103 min
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FILM NOTES
Good Burger arrived in 1997 as Paramount's big-screen bet on Nickelodeon's sketch comedy pipeline, spinning a recurring All That segment into a full feature. Directed by Brian Robbins and built around the pairing of Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, it captured the slapstick, catchphrase-driven humor of late nineties kids' television and helped prove that Nickelodeon properties could sustain theatrical runs, paving the way for the network's later film ventures.
This cell centers on Dexter Reed, played by Kenan Thompson, one half of the mismatched duo whose chemistry carried the picture. Dexter is the more grounded, scheming counterpart to his co-worker's free-spirited chaos, and frames tied to his name are prized for anchoring the film's central partnership. As a piece of 35mm history, this cell represents a physical fragment of theatrical release stock, the kind of artifact that once ran through a projector for paying audiences, now preserved as a tactile link to the character and the era he defined.
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 dual bilateral variable-area pattern consistent with a stereo optical track; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are not clearly distinguishable at this size, and no DTS timecode stripe or SDDS outer-edge tracks are visible.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
The base shows a warm amber-orange tint typical of a colour print 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 projected print.
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 theatrical feature matching the film on record.
Era check
The dual bilateral variable-area optical soundtrack, warm-base colour print stock, and four-perforation 35mm format are all 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 000062572
Original Film CaptureAs received
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