The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
A lifetime of loneliness...Or one day of love
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Production
Budget
$0
Box office
$0
Director
Actors
John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Robert Reed, Diana Hyland, Karen Morrow, Howard Platt, Buzz Aldrin, Ralph Bellamy, John Friedrich, Kelly Ward
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Douglas Day Stewart
Producer
Joel Thurm, Cindy Dunne, Leonard Goldberg, Aaron Spelling
Camera operator
Archie R. Dalzell
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
John McSweeney Jr.
Whole Team (26)
Whole Team (26)
Short description
Tod Lubitch is born with a deficient immune system. As such, he must spend the rest of his life in a completely sterile environment. His room is completely hermetically sealed against bacteria and virus, his food is specially prepared, and his only human contact comes in the form of gloved hands. The movie follows his life into a teenager.
What's left behind the scenes
- Although the film is in the public domain in the United States, individual scenes are subject to copyright owned by Columbia Pictures and, consequently, Sony Pictures Entertainment.
- In 1977 and 2006, the film was nominated for three different awards and won one of them (an "Emmy" – Diana Highland).
- Travolta (son) and Highland (mother) began dating after filming the movie. Their romance lasted six months.
- In 1977 and 2006, the film was nominated for three different awards and won one of them (an Emmy - Diana Highland).
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