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
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FILM NOTES
The Lego Movie (2014) arrived from Warner Animation Group as a surprising critical and commercial success, blending stop-motion aesthetics with computer animation to celebrate the charm of physical Lego bricks. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the film became known for its meta-humor, quotable dialogue, and heartfelt message about creativity within structure. It launched a franchise and helped cement Lego's presence in mainstream animated cinema, appealing to children and adults alike with its blend of nostalgia and wit.
This cell features Vitruvius, the blind wizard and mentor figure whose prophecy sets the film's plot into motion. Collectors seek him out for his central narrative role, guiding Emmet toward his destiny as the Special. As a single-character cell, this piece isolates the character without the visual noise of the ensemble, making it a clean representation of the mentor archetype central to the story. Such cells are prized for showcasing pivotal figures whose presence defines the emotional and thematic arc of the film, offering a tangible piece of the movie's narrative structure.
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; spacing appears even and the punched edges appear clean.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, consistent with a stereo optical track; Dolby Digital data blocks between perforations are not clearly distinguishable at this size; DTS and SDDS tracks not visible in this capture.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight cyan-teal tint typical of modern safety stock; dye image reads as neutral with no visible red shift or fading.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks seen.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with a release print of The Lego Movie (2014).
Era check
The cyan-tinted polyester safety base, variable-area optical soundtrack, and Dolby-compatible track layout are all consistent with a 2014 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 000063950
Original Film CaptureAs received
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