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 and directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, a Warner Bros. release that turned a licensed toy property into one of the most inventive animated features of its decade. Built on stop-motion-styled CG and a script that balanced corporate satire with genuine warmth, it became a box office success and a critical favorite, prized for treating its brick-built universe with both comedy and sincerity. Its legacy endures through sequels, spinoffs, and a devoted following that returns to it as a benchmark for family animation done with real craft.
This cell centers on Vitruvius, the blind wizard-mentor voiced by Morgan Freeman, whose prophecy sets Emmet's journey in motion. His temple is the seat of that prophecy, a place tied to legend, guidance, and the weight of destiny within the story's mythology. Collectors seek Vitruvius material for his role as the narrative's spiritual anchor, a figure whose presence signals the film's mix of parody and heart. A cell from this location represents a foundational story beat, the kind of setting-based artifact that grounds the film's larger comedic arc in its own internal lore.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of The Lego Movie (2014).
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 look clean with no torn or missing perforations visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible on the lower edge alongside what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block strip between the lower perforations, consistent with a dual-format optical release print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
The base shows a slight cyan-blue tint typical of modern polyester stock; the dye image appears rich and fully saturated with no visible fading.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are apparent in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, and the animated visual content is consistent with The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The cyan-polyester base, Dolby Digital data blocks between perforations, and variable-area optical track combination are all consistent with a 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 000063874
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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