The Extended Edition of The Muppet Christmas Carol is the only way to watch the holiday classic

Today is a good day to watch Brian Henson Christmas Carol doll While the family holiday classic celebrates the anniversary of its theatrical release. 1992 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel Christmas carol– Starring Michael Caine as Scrooge, one of the only humans along with… The puppet troupe (in Henson Company tradition) – remains a telling of the tale at all.

For those ready to start organizing their holiday movies for the month, Christmas Carol doll It is currently streaming on Disney+. However, movie nerds and hardcore Muppets fans know that the only way to see the film is in its original form, with the previously cut song “When Love is Gone,” written by frequent Henson collaborator Paul Williams, returned to the film’s cut. This full version comes thanks The reel featuring the song was recently discovered and used to make a 4K remaster of the classic film.

The scene is important: the song represents a poignant moment in the film as Scrooge makes a choice between love and work, leading to a bittersweet memory of when he became a cold, heartless man.

Watching the full, extended version of the film isn’t as easy as accessing the edited version, which is what it will play if you search for it Christmas Carol doll On Disney+. Instead, once you get to the movie’s main menu, you’ll need to scroll down and Click “Add-ons” To find the 89-minute “full version”.

It’s worth the effort, though (fair warning) there’s no way to resume the movie if you ever exit it; Only pausing seems to work which is rather uncomfortable. It really needs its own Disney+ page (similar to the alternate singing version pages for Moana and Encanto) to improve access to Henson film as it was meant to be experienced.

All the while, of course, she’s full of fun tunes to sing Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the Muppet gang in their own version of Dickens’s festive classic. The appearance of Williams’ underrated romantic song earlier in the film helps make the film’s final song—”“When love is found/It feels like Christmas” – add more emotional impact to the ending.

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