The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 made-for-television drama film starring John Travolta as a boy with a compromised immune system who must live in a sterile environment.

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instanceOf television film
basedOn the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita
broadcastType prime-time television movie
cinematographyBy William Cronjager
countryOfOrigin United States
director Randal Kleiser
distributor American Broadcasting Company
editedBy Art Seid
filmingFormat color
genre drama
medical drama
hasAlternativeDescription 1976 American made-for-TV drama about a boy living in a sterile plastic enclosure due to immune deficiency.
hasCultFollowing true
hasTheme coming of age
isolation
medical ethics
romance
inspiredOtherWork Bubble Boy (2001 film)
linked to: Bubble Boy
isFictionalWorkAbout primary immunodeficiency
severe combined immunodeficiency
mainCharacter Tod Lubitch
musicBy Mark Snow
notableFor early major role for John Travolta
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ABC
originalReleaseDate 1976-11-12
originalReleaseYear 1976
plotSummary A boy with a compromised immune system must live in a sterile plastic environment to avoid infection.
portraysCharacter John Travolta as Tod Lubitch
producer Aaron Spelling
Leonard Goldberg
productionCompany Spelling-Goldberg Productions
releaseFormat made-for-television film
runtimeMinutes 96
screenplayBy Douglas Day Stewart
setting suburban United States
starring Diana Hyland
Glynnis O'Connor
John Travolta
Robert Reed
timePeriodDepicted 1970s
writer Douglas Day Stewart

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David Permut notableWork The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Randal Kleiser directorOf The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Douglas Day Stewart notableWork The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Douglas Day Stewart wrote The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Leonard Goldberg notableWork The Boy in the Plastic Bubble