Overview
- Cannes presented Travolta the surprise honorary Palme d’Or on Friday before the world premiere of Propeller One-Way Night Coach.
- Festival chief Thierry Frémaux presented the prize and Travolta, in tears, said, “This is beyond the Oscar.”
- The Apple-backed film adapts his 1997 book and he wrote, financed, directed, produced and narrated it.
- He piloted his own plane to the French Riviera with his daughter Ella, who also appears in the film as a flight attendant.
- Cannes has made surprise honorary Palmes a yearly gesture, with announced tributes this year for Peter Jackson and Barbra Streisand.