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Amazon Prime followers have been left up in arms after the streaming service reduce a vital scene from the beloved Christmas basic, It’s a Wonderful Life.

A shortened model of the 1946 movie was added to the platform in time for the festive vacation, nevertheless it had been edited to depart out a scene that many would contemplate an important a part of the Hollywood basic.

The black-and-white favorite follows the character of businessman George Bailey as he battles with taking his personal life.

The scene in query, often known as the ‘Pottersville scene’, sees George want that he had by no means been born earlier than his guardian angel reminds him that he must earn “his angel wings”.

In the unique movie, George tells the angel that he believes he’s value extra lifeless than alive. The angel then informs George that he doesn’t know all he has completed in his life, earlier than displaying him a model of a grim world during which he by no means existed.

That’s when George realises that he has an exquisite life and has positively impacted his family members, who he’s determined to get again to because the movie wraps up.

But within the shortened model on Prime, the second the place the angel tells George he has to earn his wings abruptly cuts to George fortunately operating via the streets after he’s reconciled together with his life – with out together with what led him to have a change of coronary heart.

It didn’t take lengthy earlier than followers of the movie flooded to social media, fuming in regards to the up to date model of the movie, arguing that it leaves out the whole plot of the movie.

Taking to X – previously often known as Twitter – one person argued: “If you want to know what’s wrong with the world, Prime Video has an “abridged” model of It’s a Wonderful Life that removes THE ENTIRE POTTERSVILLE SCENE the place George sees life if he wasn’t born. That’s all that’s abridged. The greatest, most important a part of the film. Just. Wow.”

Another fumed: “Brace yourself for the ‘Abridged’ version of It’s a Wonderful Life, which does away with the ENTIRE Pottersville/ how it’d be if he was never born bit, and cuts directly to him being totally ok again for no obvious reason. This exists and is on Prime.”

A 3rd echoed: “I can’t believe how badly Amazon butchered It’s a Wonderful Life in their abridged edition! They literally cut from George asking Clarence if he had $8,000, to George running down the street back home, in celebration.”

Meanwhile, one other added: “If you don’t have the movie memorised, this would leave room for no other interpretation besides Clarence handing George $8,000 to solve the problem!”

Amazon Prime has since clarified that the complete model of the beloved movie nonetheless stays on their platform. It additionally seems the model of the movie was launched following a copyright dispute concerning the vital scene, which was primarily based on a brief story.

However, this was not sufficient for lots of the film’s followers, who claimed the abridged model was the one which was best to find on the platform.

One disenchanted viewer penned: “Why do you need an ‘abridged’ version of this? The original is fine. It’s on streaming. You can pause or fast-forward or stop watching if you get bored. Who does this exist?” Another echoed: “OK, let’s make the Polar Express but without the train parts. And Die Hard but without Hans Gruber.”

Daily Express has reached out to a spokesperson from Amazon for a remark.