National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

The Lego Movie arrived in February 2014 from Warner Bros. Pictures and directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, becoming an unexpected cultural landmark. Built on the premise of sentient LEGO minifigures navigating a world of rigid order versus imagination, the film earned widespread critical acclaim and launched a franchise. Its blend of anarchic humor, visual invention, and genuine emotional resonance made it one of the defining animated features of the decade.

This cell, titled Superman, captures Channing Tatum's Superman alongside Amanda Farinos's Marsha, Queen of the Mermaids, set within a warmly lit interior among a gathering of LEGO figures. The three frames appear to belong to the same continuous shot, preserving a quiet comic moment between two characters whose pairing became one of the film's running gags.