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, and became an unlikely critical and commercial triumph. Built entirely from Lego bricks with a wit that satisfied children and adults alike, the film turned a toy tie-in into a genuine work of animated invention, earning praise for its visual style, humor, and surprisingly resonant themes about creativity and conformity. It stands among the defining animated features of its decade.
This cell holds Emmet Brickowski, the ordinary construction worker mistaken for the Special who anchors the entire story. As the everyman thrust into an epic he never sought, Emmet remains the character collectors most want represented, since the whole film's emotional arc runs through him. A 35mm cell isolating him alone speaks to his role as the picture's true center, the figure the camera and story return to again and again, making this a foundational piece for anyone building out a collection tied to the film.
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 both edges, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no visible tearing.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along one edge, and Dolby Digital data blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge, consistent with a dual-format optical release print.
Base carries a cyan-teal tint consistent with Kodak Vision colour print stock; dye image appears neutral with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No splices, cue marks, or prominent scratches are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be from the same continuous shot and the animated LEGO character imagery is consistent with the film on record.
Era check
The Kodak edge coding, cyan-tinted print base, combined Dolby Digital and variable-area optical soundtrack layout are all consistent with a 2014-era theatrical release print.
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 000063943
Original Film CaptureAs received
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