John Travolta touched down at Cannes along with his directorial debut, Propeller One-Manner Evening Coach, on the Cannes Film Festival, the place he was given the honorary Palme d’Or.
Pageant head Thierry Frémaux gave Travolta the glory. “You said this would be a special night, but I didn’t think you meant this. This is a humbling moment,” stated Travolta. “This is beyond the Oscar.”
The movie, which is ready to debut on Apple on Could 29, is predicated on Travolta’s guide of the identical identify and follows a younger aviation fanatic, Jeff, and his mom as they embark on a cross-country flight to Hollywood.
“When John came to us in the fall, he was very humble and shy with the idea of showing the film as an official selec[tion],” stated Frémaux, revealing that Propeller was the primary movie chosen for the 79th version of the French pageant and calling Travolta “one of the greatest artists of the 20th and 21st century.”
“When you told me this would be the earliest film accepted, I cried,” stated Travolta. Frémaux joked, “I was afraid Berlin could have stolen the film.”
The Travolta-starring Pulp Fiction from director Quentin Tarantino premiered at Cannes, happening to win the Palme d’Or. Grease and Saturday Evening Fever each performed as Cannes seashore screenings, whereas 1998 drama Main Colours performed out of competitors and 1997 thriller She’s So Pretty performed in competitors.
Ella Bleu Travolta, who seems within the movie as a flight attendant, was available for the screening on the Debussy Theater. Clark Shotwell, Kelly Eviston-Quinnett and Olga Hoffmann additionally star in Propeller. After the screening, Travolta thanked Prince Albert II of Monaco for being on the premiere.
Travolta, who produced, financed, narrated, directed and wrote the film, instructed the viewers, “Other people wanted to produce it and direct it. But it was so personal. I don’t know if they could capture it. I just wanted to, at the end of my chapters in my life, give a reflection of where it started for me.”
When requested if he would direct once more, Travolta stated, “For 55 years, I have watched people do it well. I have watched people do it not so well. I’ve watched mistakes, and I really believe that I can navigate around all of that, but I really feel I would have to have passion about the material.”
The Cannes viewers gave Travolta a heat welcome, clapping a number of occasions throughout the screening and giving him a standing ovation. Stated Travolta, “What a night for me, thank you all for being here and for witnessing my directorial debut.”
Watch Travolta obtain his honorary Palme d’Or within the video under.
