Overview
- Travolta, who premiered Propeller One-Way Night Coach at Cannes on Friday, was presented with an honorary Palme d’Or and called the moment “beyond the Oscar.”
- Festival director Thierry Frémaux praised him as a major artist and said the film was the first title selected for this 79th edition of Cannes.
- The one-hour family story set in the golden age of flying is semi-autobiographical, and Travolta wrote, directed, financed, produced, and narrates it.
- His daughter, Ella Bleu Travolta, appears as a flight attendant, and he underscored the theme by piloting their flight to France and sharing the trip on Instagram.
- The Apple release on May 29 will take the Cannes debut to a global streaming audience in a near-term festival-to-streaming rollout.