Tom Cruise and Top Gun: Maverick arrives in Cannes with fighter jets and Golden Palm Surprise

The Cannes Film Festival literally started (flying?) again on Wednesday, when Tom Cruise and his Top Gun: Maverick The team landed at the palace for the high-octane debut, which included eight planes flying over the event, emitting smoke in red and blue to match the colors of the French flag.

The actor already intended to get to Cruise, long before the biggest draw at Cannes 2022, where Top Gun: Maverick Ahead of Paramount’s worldwide launch on May 25th, there’s some surprising popularization. But even by the festival’s own standards, Cruz received such an enthusiastic reception that it befits one of Hollywood’s most successful and globally acclaimed stars. And after the final shot hit the screen at 10pm, viewers responded with a six-minute standing ovation, prompting Cruz to shed tears and cap the epic day.

Earlier in the day, participating in a career retrospective, “Speaking in a Master Class” with French journalist Didier Alouche at the 1,000-seat Debussy Theatre, Cruz received another tribute to the show, directed by Cannery Festival director Thierry Fremo. In his long career at the Centro de Cultura Pop Internacional. Fremo took notes (in French) and presented a 13-minute clip showing all the footage from his filmography.

Cruz hugged Fremo (asking the audience to turn off their phones and raise their hands) before lifting the mic to share notes, inviting all filmmakers in attendance to stand up, acknowledge and shout out their close associates at Paramount. “Everyone has worked so hard to bring it to the big screen and being here is a dream come true,” Cruz said. “I will never forget this night.”

Email Fanning may not be either. The actor, ambassador for L’Oreal and a regular at Cannes, sat in the palace and received a special hug from Cruz. He remembered meeting his sister Dakota while working on the 2005 blockbuster ყWar of the Worlds.

He then turned his attention to the festival and his love of cinema. “Thank you for this time,” he said. “I’m making these movies for all of you.” Fremaux then offered a special surprise and announced that the festival would host a cruise ship with a branch of golden palm. Cruz, who seemed speechless, agreed with “Ay” as the audience rose to their feet to receive another standing ovation, one of the only times in recent times that the actor has received multiple applause before the first premiere.

But before all this could happen, Cruz arrived at the red carpet in Cannes at 7 pm and passed for 10 healthy minutes up and down the street to greet the fanatics, some of them waited for hours under the sun. Blue Coast. To make a movie star appear. He made it all worthwhile by signing autographs and DVDs and posing for selfies.

As seen on the big screen at the Palais, he was forced to avoid insulting fans to fight his way in front of a group of photographers and pose with its director Joseph Kosinski and successful producer Jerry Bruckheimer. They teamed up with a countryman Top Gun: Maverick Stars Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, John Ham (who straightened out the carpet cruise band), Glen Powell, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis, Louise Pullman and others.

Top Gun: Maverick Since its world debut earlier this month in San Diego, the retired aircraft carrier atop the USS has received critical acclaim. half way.

“Your pleasure Top Gun: Maverick “It might depend on how ready you are to turn off the real world and give in to the magic of movie stars.” THR Leading film critic David Rooney. “Directed by Joseph Kosinski with virtuoso technical prowess, driving rhythm and seat-edge flight sections, it has a lot to offer.”