Movie Details
Original Title
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Original Language
EN
Status
Released
Popularity
1.8
Key Crew
Producer
Joel Thurm, Cindy Dunne
Director
Randal Kleiser
Editor
John McSweeney Jr.
Executive Producer
Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg
Writer
Douglas Day Stewart
Keywords
underdog
parent child relationship
teenage crush
illness
plastic
Reviews from TMDB
Travolta coming of age… in a germ-free zone; plus charming Glynnis O’Connor
RELEASED TO TV IN 1976 and directed by Randal Kleiser, "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" is a youth drama inspired by the true-life stories of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, both of whom lacked effective immune systems. J ...
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