Cannes Boss Thierry Frémaux presented 2x Oscar nominee John Travolta with a surprise honorary Palme d’or before the world premiere of the actor’s feature directorial debut Propeller One-Way Night Coach.
Frémaux makes this kind of magic happen for legends at the Cannes Film Festival. Sometimes –surprise– there’s a Palme d’or that’s handed out. Frémaux did this before the Cannes premiere of Top Gun: Maverick in 2022, bestowing a Palme to Tom Cruise.
Travolta bowing to a standing ovation, called the prize “an honour beyond the Oscars.”
Before the film hit the screen and before handing Travolta his
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