This Jim Henson Documentary From Director Ron Howard Already Has Us Weeping

Jim Henson Idea Man, about the Muppet and Sesame Street master, is coming to Disney+ May 31.

Edit Kermit the Frog singing “ Rainbow Connection ” over almost anything and people are going to get emotional. But when you put it over a documentary about the man who created Kermit , with footage of them both together, then it’s a surefire shot to the tear ducts.

Check out the first trailer, but grab a tissue or two beforehand. Disney describes the film as “an unprecedented, intimate look at Henson’s illustrious, revolutionary career and complex personal life.” The documentary uses “never-before-seen personal archival home movies, photographs, sketches, and Henson’s personal diaries, as well as interviews with those who knew him best” and the company calls it “the definitive portrait of one of the world’s most inspiring and iconoclastic creators.

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