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CANNES, France (AP) \u2014 John Travolta<\/a><\/span> was surprised with an honorary Palme d\u2019Or at the Cannes Film Festival<\/a><\/span> premiere of his directorial debut Friday. <\/p>\n Thierry Fr\u00e9maux, the festival\u2019s artistic director, brought out the award for Travolta just before the screening of his \u201cPropeller One-Way Night Coach.\u201d A visibly moved Travolta clutched his chest while Fr\u00e9maux presented the trophy. <\/p>\n \u201cYou said this would be a special night, but I didn\u2019t know it would mean this,\u201d Travolta said to Fr\u00e9maux. <\/p>\n \u201cThis is beyond the Oscar!\u201d exclaimed Travolta. <\/p>\n Clad in a white beret, Travolta walked the Cannes red carpet with his 26-year-old daughter Ella Bleu Travolta. The actor wrote, directed and co-produced \u201cPropeller One-Way Night Coach,\u201d based on his own 1997 children\u2019s novel. <\/p>\n Cannes has sometimes previously surprised guests with an honorary Palme d\u2019Or. It unexpectedly gave one to Tom Cruise in 2022<\/a><\/span>. At this year\u2019s festival, the \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d filmmaker Peter Jackson<\/a><\/span> was given one in the opening ceremony. Barbara Streisand is to receive one later during the festival. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n