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 premiered in 2014 from Warner Animation Group, a co-production spanning Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, it arrived as a surprise critical and commercial success, praised for its inventive blend of stop motion aesthetics achieved through CGI and its sly commentary on creativity versus conformity. The film's cultural footprint was immediate, spawning a franchise and cementing its place as a rare studio animated feature that satisfied both children and adults with equal sharpness.
This cell holds Vitruvius, the blind wizard and prophecy keeper who guides Emmet through the Master Builders' world. He remains a favorite among collectors for his droll wisdom and his pivotal narrative role, the figure who sets the film's central quest in motion. A single frame reel featuring him captures a piece of that mentorship, the character whose presence threads through the story's mythology from beginning to end, making this an appealing find for anyone building a collection centered on the film's core cast of guides and heroes.
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, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no visible tearing or distortion.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the lower edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual bilateral waveform pattern; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight cyan-blue tint consistent with modern polyester stock; dye image reads as neutral with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are observed on this strip.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, and the animated character imagery is consistent with the computer-animated feature on record.
Era check
The combination of Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks alongside a variable-area optical track is consistent with a 2014 theatrical release print, as this dual-format soundtrack configuration was standard for that period.
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 000063947
Original Film CaptureAs received
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