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 from Warner Bros. and Warner Animation Group in February 2014, a rare mainstream success that turned a toy line into a genuinely inventive piece of filmmaking. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, it married brick-built visual wit with a surprisingly sharp script, earning acclaim well beyond family audiences and cementing itself as a modern animation touchstone. Its blend of parody, heart, and pure visual invention made it an instant favorite for collectors of animated film artifacts.
This cell centers on Wyldstyle, known within the story as Lucy, one of the film's central figures and a favorite among collectors for her role as guide and foil to the everyman hero Emmet. As a resistance fighter with a sharp edge and hidden warmth, she embodies the film's balance of humor and sincerity. A cell bearing her name preserves a fragment of her presence on screen, a physical artifact from the reel itself, tying the collector directly to the character's place in the film's larger narrative of creativity and rebellion.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of The Lego Movie (2014).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual bilateral track.
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 colour print stock; dye image appears warm and well-saturated with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No splices, cue marks or prominent scratches are visible; the surface appears consistent with a projected release print.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, and the animated character visible is consistent with The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The dual bilateral variable-area optical track, cyan-base colour print stock, and perforation pitch are all consistent with a standard 35mm theatrical release print from the 2010s.
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 000063854
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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