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Propeller One-Way Night Coach review
Cannes film festival: Travolta directs and narrates this 60-minute adaptation of his own short story about a boy who dreams of being a pilot
TL;DR
- John Travolta's directorial debut is a novella-sized bedtime story commissioned by Apple TV.
- The film is based on Travolta's own children's book about his love of planes.
- It features 1960s period production design and is narrated by John Travolta.
- The story follows an eight-year-old boy named Jeff who becomes entranced with aviation.
- Jeff experiences this fascination during an all-night flight to LA with his divorced mother on a TWA propeller plane in 1962.
- Key cast members include Clark Shotwell as Jeff, Kelly Eviston-Quinnett as his mother, and Ella Bleu Travolta as a stewardess.
- The film touches upon the mother's life as an actor heading for Hollywood and her search for a divorced man on the flight.
- Despite a scene suggesting a loss of innocence for Jeff, the narrative frames it as a non-event for him.