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 Animation Group in February 2014, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It surprised audiences and critics alike, proving that a film built around a toy line could carry genuine wit, heart, and visual invention. Its blend of stop motion aesthetics with CG animation, sharp meta humor, and a sincere message about creativity made it an instant favorite, spawning sequels and cementing Lego as a serious animated property rather than a mere marketing vehicle.
This cell centers on Cleopatra, credited here under her Wildstyle persona and shown hooded, the look that defines her as a rebel figure moving through Bricksburg unnoticed. Wildstyle is prized among collectors for her independence and her role guiding the story's hero, making her one of the most recognizable characters from the film's ensemble. A hooded presentation suggests concealment and readiness, fitting for a character built around resistance to conformity. Cells like this one, drawn directly from the 35mm strip, offer a tactile piece of the film's original release print.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm colour 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, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean 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 waveform strip.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears neutral to slightly warm; dye image shows strong colour saturation with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, consistent with an animated release print matching The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The dual-bilateral variable-area optical track and fully saturated colour positive stock are consistent with a 2014 theatrical release print era.
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 000063890
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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