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Today is a good day to watch a Brian Henson movie The Muppet Christmas Carol as the family holiday classic celebrates the anniversary of its theatrical release in 1992 by Charles Dickens. A Christmas song– Starring Michael Caine as Scrooge alongside one of the only humans Muppets ensemble (in Henson Company tradition) – remains the all-time retelling of the tale.
For those ready to start their holiday movie screenings for the month, The Muppet Christmas Carol currently streaming on Disney+, however, movie nerds and die-hard Muppets fans know the only way to see the film is in its original form, with the previously cut song “When Love is Gone,” written by Henson’s frequent collaborator Paul Williams, restored to the film. section.This full version comes thanks to The tape featuring the song was recently unearthed and used to make a 4K remake of the classic film.
Scenery is important. the song marks a poignant moment in the film where Scrooge makes a choice between love and work, leading to a beautiful bittersweet flashback as he becomes a cold, heartless man.
Watching the full, extended version of the movie isn’t as easy as the edited version that will play if you search The Muppet Christmas Carol on Disney+. Instead, when you get to the main movie menu, you have to scroll down and click “More” find the 89-minute “full version”.
It’s worth the effort, although (fair warning) there’s no way to restart the movie if you exit the movie at any point; only the pause seems to work, which is pretty awkward. It really needs its own Disney+ page (similar to the alternate song version pages Moana and: Charm) to optimize the availability of Henson’s film as it was intended.
Throughout, of course, it’s filled with fun tunes to sing along to Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy and the rest of the merry Muppet gang in their version Dickens’ holiday classic. Williams’ understated romantic ballad’s appearance earlier in the film helps set up the film’s final song…When Love Is Found / It Feels Like Christmas” — bring even more emotional impact to the finale.
Find it The Muppet Christmas Carol on Disney+.
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