News From The 79th Festival de Cannes: Barbra Streisand To Receive The Honorary Palme d’or and John Travolta’s Directorial Debut
Two cinema icons will be honored in their own unique ways…
Lots of news coming out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. It was recently announced that Barbra Streisand, a renowned actress, director, producer, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter will receive the Honorary Palme d’or on May 23rd at the close of the festival.
It’s Streisand’s accolades that warrants this honor. From 19 movie roles, 3 directorial credits, 2 Oscars (including the first woman to win Best Director in 1977), 11 Golden Globes (including Best Director in 1984), along with 37 studio albums, 13 soundtracks, 10 Grammys, and she’s the only artist to reach number one in album sales for sixty years. So, it’s no wonder she’s being recognized at the festival.
Commenting on the honor in press notes that humbly she joins the ranks of other Honorary Palme d’or recipients. “In these challenging times, movies have the ability to open our hearts and minds to stories that reflect our shared humanity, and to perspectives that remind us of both our fragility and our resilience. Cinema transcends borders and politics, and affirms the power of imagination to shape a more compassionate world.”
"We were keen to pay tribute to an artist who made her mark through the power of her art and her uncompromising pursuit of freedom," says Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes. "As a woman, I am delighted to be able to express our admiration for this consummate creator and courageous citizen, whose example stands the test of time and continues to inspire.
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John Travolta returns to Cannes
It was Pulp Fiction, She’s So Lovely, and Primary Colors that brought Travolta to Cannes all those years ago, and it is Propeller One-Way Night Coach that will bring the Grease star back. Distributed by Apple Original Films, Propeller One-Way Night Coach is a film in competition.
Travolta has 70+ films under his belt and the 72-year-old isn’t slowing down. The film is about aviation, something the actor and now director is passionate about. In his films Look Who’s Talking and Broken Arrow, Travolta flew planes. And as a child he watched planes taking off from his house, near LaGuardia Airport and at 15 he started flying, later obtaining his license at 22.
This film is an adaptation of the book written by Travolta and published in 1997. The film is produced by his production company JTP Films Inc and Kids At Play. After the festival, Apple TV will release the film on May 29th.
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