An hour-long novelty feature commissioned by Apple TV presents a quirky, peculiar bedtime-story tone with detailed 1960s period production design. John Travolta narrates throughout and the film is based on his children’s book about his love of planes. Jeff, an eight-year-old boy, overhears adult conversation in a plane cockpit and becomes entranced with aviation after an all-night flight to Los Angeles in 1962 with his divorced mother. The flight takes place on an impossibly glamorous TWA propeller plane, with the era’s jet-plane novelty adding retro prestige. Doris, a 21-year-old stewardess, shows Jeff kindness and interest, while the mother pursues Hollywood stardom and potential romance onboard.
"Clark Shotwell plays Jeff; Kelly Eviston-Quinnett plays his mum and Ella Bleu Travolta, daughter of John, plays Doris, the 21-year-old stewardess (as they were known in those days) who takes a kindly interest in Jeff. (The film suggests she actually went on to marry him quite the age-gap story, which perhaps needs a film of its own.)"
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