But it’s the distributor, Disney doing the editing. There isn’t somewhere else to look. The discs are out of print and if you bought it digitally it’s been retroactively changed to this new version…
Ahoy, matey. If you really must watch an old Disney movie the only ethical way to get one is to pirate it. Otherwise you would be supporting abusive copyright terms that prevent people to sharing something that has become part of their culture for generations. Having a few years of copyright is understandable since companies do need to be able to make money from their investments, but at most it should last one generation (20-30 years) making it 70 years is just obscene.
The situation is not that clear cut. From the linked article:
> This appearance of an unedited version of The French Connection on Disney+ casts doubt on the assumption by some that Disney - which now ‘owns’ the film following its purchase of 20th Century Fox - is to blame for the unannounced cut.
