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 Bros. and Village Roadshow, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who brought their fast, self-aware comedic style to a film built entirely around a toy brand. It became a surprise critical and commercial success, praised for turning what could have been a feature-length commercial into a genuinely inventive story about creativity, conformity, and play. Its blend of computer animation styled to look like physical stop-motion, along with a script layered with meta humor, helped it stand out in a crowded animated field and cemented its place as a modern animation touchstone.
This cell centers on Vitruvius, the blind wizard whose prophecy sets the entire plot in motion. As one of the film's key guiding figures, he represents the mystical, mentor-driven thread running through an otherwise chaotic and comedic world. Collectors are drawn to Vitruvius frames for his connection to the film's mythology and his distinct visual design among the Master Builders. A 35mm frame bearing his name preserves a piece of that narrative foundation, a physical artifact from the actual film print tied directly to his presence in the story.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm colour theatrical release print of The Lego Movie (2014).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges, three frames visible on the strip.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A blue-tinted band runs along the lower edge of the picture area consistent with a Dolby Digital data block region between perforations; a variable-area optical track also appears visible as a lighter stripe adjacent to the picture.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
Base shows a cyan-blue tint consistent with a dye-transfer or modern colour print stock; dye image appears saturated with no obvious fading.
Projection history
No visible splices, cue marks, or heavy scratching observed; minor surface marks consistent with a handled projected print.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with an animated feature matching The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The cyan-tinted base, Dolby Digital data blocks between perforations, and optical track combination are consistent with a 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 000063913
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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