John Travolta shocked with Palme d’Or at Cannes Movie Pageant
John Travolta was shocked with an honorary Palme d’Or on the Cannes Movie Pageant premiere of his directorial debut on Friday.
Thierry Fremaux, the pageant’s creative director, introduced out the award for Travolta simply earlier than the screening of his ‘Propeller One-Approach Night time Coach’. A visibly moved Travolta clutched his chest whereas Frémaux offered the trophy.
“You mentioned this might be a particular evening, however I didn’t know it will imply this,” Travolta mentioned to Frémaux.
“That is past the Oscar!” exclaimed Travolta.
Clad in a white beret, Travolta walked the Cannes purple carpet together with his 26-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu Travolta. The actor wrote, directed and co-produced ‘Propeller One-Approach Night time Coach’, based mostly on his personal 1997 kids’s novel.
Cannes has typically beforehand shocked friends with an honorary Palme d’Or. It unexpectedly gave one to Tom Cruise in 2022. At this yr’s pageant, the ‘Lord of the Rings’ filmmaker Peter Jackson was given one within the opening ceremony. Barbara Streisand is to obtain one later through the pageant.
