The Muppet Christmas Carol remains a mend in our festal movie catalogue , but until now , streaming weapons platform and DVD have n’t been showing the film as it was intended by director Brian Henson .
The original gash of the pic featured a song entitled When Love Is move – which visit Michael Caine ’s Scrooge revisit a painful moment from his past . The song was cut from the initial cinema ladder , but it was include on the Muppet Christmas Carol VHS . I remember it , my babe had it and probably still does .
The song feature Scrooge ’s lost love Belle singing to him at a crucial juncture in their family relationship , as he continues to prioritise his vocation over their proposed wedding . It ’s actually quite affecting and goes a farsighted room to explain how Scrooge became such a biting , nasty sometime skinflint in the first place .
After it was cut from the DVD handout , it largely evaporate until Disney Plus include it as a bonus feature film on the streaming platform last year . So , it can be watched on Disney Plus , just not in the linguistic context of the movie .
When does Muppet Christmas Carol extended cut launch?
gratefully , Disney is amend that in time for the film ’s thirtieth anniversary this year , and we ’ll see an lengthened version of the 4 K remaster of the film that was add to the platform in 2021 . user will be able to find out it alongside the theatrical translation in the “ supernumerary ” section from December 9 .
The extended cut will see the film show in the way theatre director Brian Henson , the son of Jim and Jane Henson , had in the beginning mean . Henson first revealed the negative footage had been rediscovered ( and thus usable to be restored to the film in 4 thou ) in an interview with theBBCin 2020 ( viaGizmodo ) .
“ I was so excited . They actually enshroud it … so I went down and they tell : ‘ But before we show it to you , we ’ve got something else we want to show you ’ . And they put up reel four of Christmas Carol with ‘ When Love Is Gone ’ , ” he say .
“ I was like , ‘ No , you did not ! ’ and they said , ‘ Yes we did ! We notice it ! ’ I was so happy , I was so happy . They are all dress with the full - length version again . I do n’t hump if they are become to get it up on Disney Plus in clip for Christmas because they have all these processes but it is coming back , the full - length version is come back . ”
So there you go . The Muppet Christmas Carol extended gash will be uncommitted on Disney Plus on December 9 .
