With this shock had John Travolta not counted: The “Pulp Fiction” and “Grease” star was surprisingly awarded the Palme of Honor for his life’s work on the Cannes Movie Competition. He least anticipated that, stated the 72-year-old, visibly moved. “That is greater than an Oscar.”
John Travolta acquired the trophy earlier than the screening of his directorial debut “Night time Flight to LA”. The story is predicated on a youngsters’s e book that he as soon as wrote for his son Jett, who died in 2009. The Hollywood star, himself a passionate pilot, tells the story of an eight-year-old on his first flight.
Travolta grew to become a world star on the finish of the Seventies with movies like “Saturday Night time Fever” and “Grease”. The award additionally brings him full circle: the gangster movie “Pulp Fiction” by Quentin Tarantino, through which Travolta performs the skilled killer Vincent Vega, gained the Palme d’Or in 1994 Cannes
When requested by competition director Thierry Frémaux whether or not this was the start of a second profession as a director, Travolta gave a transparent reply. He made movies out of ardour, he stated – and that was precisely what utilized to this venture. His directorial debut was met with nice applause at Cannes.
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