Finally, the Uncut Version of The Muppets Christmas Carol Is Back

There’s magic within the air, Muppets followers! The wait is lastly over as Disney+ is formally including the prolonged reduce of The Muppet Christmas Carol to the streaming platform. And sure, it’s going to incorporate the beloved vacation musical’s lengthy “lost” music, “When Love is Gone.”

The scene that includes the melancholy tune—which seems throughout a poignant second previously for Michael Caine’s Scrooge—was initially reduce from the film’s theatrical launch. It was included within the movie’s first VHS run, however faraway from the following DVD model, which featured the movie’s theatrical reduce. But beginning December 9, you’ll be capable to watch the film in its entirety, as director Brian Henson initially envisioned, in time for its thirtieth anniversary. It’s a complete vacation miracle, as the reel that featured the music was lately unearthed and utilized to organize a 4K remaster of the traditional movie.

Last yr, Disney+ added “When Love is Gone” as a particular function on the extras web page—appreciated, however inconvenient for individuals who needed to look at the scene within the context of the film. In order to try this, you needed to pause mid-film, return to the fundamental web page, click on by means of to the particular options, then watch the clip earlier than making your manner again to the film itself.

Thankfully, this yr you possibly can entry the prolonged reduce with the music—written by the legendary songwriter Paul Williams (“Rainbow Connection,” The Phantom of the Paradise)—with out interruption within the extras tab of the film. It’s nonetheless a bit bizarre, however not unusual; Little Shop of Horrors has an identical deal on HBO Max, the place you additionally must go to the options tab to entry it’s director’s reduce. Guess it’s simply Henson motion pictures, eh?

Watch The Muppet Christmas Carol in its entirety on Disney+ beginning December 9.

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