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Pitt’s film was even endorsed by Mister Movies himself, Tom Cruise, at its premiere, with Cruise showing up for a hug and a photo-op alongside his colleague — “rubbing is racing” style — likely confident in knowing that “F1” could never hold a candle to the far superior “Days of Thunder,” when it comes to racing films.

No-one - the humble Forrest chief among them - is going to claim anybody from this era can hold a candle to those from Lennox's peerless time, but these are special times for him.

A recording of the premiere in Paris last year has been released, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the live performance by the Master Chorale in Disney.

“I’ll never hold a candle to those guys,” he says.

“But I think it needs to twist the screws a lot more than this if it wants to hold a candle to last year's show.”