Animal Logic · Village Roadshow Pictures · The Lego Group · 101 min
Box office
$469.2M worldwide on a $60M budget
Honors
British Academy Film Awards — 1 winNational Board of Review — 1 winAnnie Awards — 1 nominationCritics' Choice Movie Award — 1 winAll 3 wins · 2 nominations on record
British Academy Film Awards: BAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Feature Film
National Board of Review: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Critics' Choice Movie Award: Best Animated Feature
Scholarship
Named in the title of 14 peer-reviewed works
Examples
The LEGO Movie — University of Texas Press eBooks, 2020
The Lego Movie, 2022
The LEGO Movie as Savvy Cinema — University of Texas Press eBooks, 2020
Sources: Wikidata · OpenAlex · Library of Congress. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
The Lego Movie arrived in 2014 from Warner Animation Group, a Warner Bros. venture built to prove that computer animation could carry the tactile spirit of physical Lego bricks. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, it became both a box office success and a critical favorite, praised for its visual invention and its sly commentary on creativity versus conformity. The film helped launch a broader Lego cinematic universe and remains a touchstone for animated features that balance humor with genuine craft.
This 35mm cell preserves a frame of Vitruvius, the blind wizard and prophecy keeper voiced by Morgan Freeman, whose role anchors the film's mythic backbone as guide to Emmet and steward of the Piece of Resistance. Collectors seek Vitruvius material for his function as narrative compass, the figure who frames the Master Builders' legend. As a physical film strip artifact, this cell represents a literal fragment of the theatrical print, a small archival remnant of the character's presence within the movie's visual history.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of The Lego Movie (2014)
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame visible on the upper edge; the strip holds three frames
Perforations
Four per frame on the upper edge, evenly spaced and cleanly punched; lower edge perforations also visible and appear evenly spaced
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the lower edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual-track variable-area format; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower edge
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text
Base & colour
Base shows a cyan-teal tint consistent with a dye-based colour print stock; dye image appears saturated with no visible fading or red shift
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks or cue marks seen
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot and the animated visual style is consistent with The Lego Movie (2014)
Era check
The combination of Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks alongside a dual variable-area optical track is consistent with a theatrical release print from the 2010s, matching the 2014 release date of the film 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 000063849
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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