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
Warner Bros. released The Lego Movie in February 2014, a Warner Animation Group production built from a licensed toy line that few expected to become one of the year's sharpest comedies. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, it paired inventive stop-motion-style animation with a cast of A-list voice talent, turning a marketing property into a genuine piece of pop filmmaking. The film's mix of satire, sincerity and visual invention earned it lasting critical goodwill and a devoted following that still drives interest in its ephemera.
This 35mm cell carries the names behind the film's central voice cast: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman, the ensemble powering Emmet, Lord Business, Wyldstyle, Batman, Bad Cop and Vitruvius. Collectors prize this kind of cell because it represents the collective cast rather than a single character beat, functioning as a credits or promotional strip tying the voice performances directly to the finished picture. It stands as a marker of the ensemble itself, a physical trace of the collaboration that shaped the film's tone and humor.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of The Lego Movie (2014).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on each edge, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no torn or missing perforations visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along one edge, and a band consistent with Dolby Digital data blocks appears in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge; a DTS timecode stripe appears as a thin line along the opposite edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to quote alphanumeric key numbers; no legible manufacturer text or SAFETY FILM legend can be read.
Base & colour
Base appears clear with a neutral to very slight cyan tint; the dye image reads as a strong black with orange title text, consistent with a colour print in good dye condition.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are observed in this capture.
Picture
Positive image; all three frames carry identical title-card content with the same cast-credit text, consistent with a title sequence from The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The combination of variable-area optical track, Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, and DTS timecode stripe is consistent with a mid-2000s to mid-2010s theatrical release print, 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 000063918
Original Film CaptureAs received
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