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John Travolta Honored with Palme d’Or, Four Ovations.

6/3/2026

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John Travolta Honored

Cannes premiere earned four standing ovations and a surprise honorary Palme d’Or for John Travolta.
John Travolta dedicated Propeller One-Way Night Coach to his late wife Kelly Preston and son Jett.
He wrote, directed and narrated the 61-minute film, adapting his 1997 novella about his 1962 first flight and starring his daughter Ella Bleu.
Ella Bleu Travolta said she wrote the song “Little Bird” to grieve her mother.

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Travolta Thanks Fans

Apple TV reported that “Propeller: One-Way Night Coach” topped its Top 10 movies list the week it debuted.
Jett Travolta thanked fans in an Instagram video for the film’s number-one ranking while Tommy Lee and Goldie Hawn also praised it on social media.
The film’s promotion highlighted Travolta’s health record—autism, asthma, Kawasaki syndrome—and recalled a fatal bathtub accident at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel during the family’s 2006 vacation.

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Travolta's First Flight

The new film portrays Nazi concentration camps through the perspective of eight-year-old Jeff.
It is set in the United States in 1962 and follows Jeff on his first flight.
John Travolta says the story mirrors his own 1962 first flight and is based on his 1997 children’s book of the same name.
Travolta recalled his mother Helen Travolta, who died at age 66 in 1978, while discussing the film.

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John Travolta Honored

Cannes premiere earned four standing ovations and a surprise honorary Palme d’Or for John Travolta.
John Travolta dedicated Propeller One-Way Night Coach to his late wife Kelly Preston and son Jett.
He wrote, directed and narrated the 61-minute film, adapting his 1997 novella about his 1962 first flight and starring his daughter Ella Bleu.
Ella Bleu Travolta said she wrote the song “Little Bird” to grieve her mother.

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