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The boy in the plastic bubble / teleplay by Douglas Day Stewart ; story by Joseph Morgenstern and Douglas Day Stewart ; directed by Randal Kleiser.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Publisher: [Los Angeles, CA] : Spelling-Golberg Productions, [1976]Distributor: [Los Angeles, CA] : [Cinetel Films]Description: 1 online resource (2 video files (93 min. each)) : sound, colorContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Other title:
  • Spanish title: Chico de la burbuja de plástico
Uniform titles:
  • Boy in the plastic bubble (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Production credits:
  • Produced by Joel Thurm and Cindy Dunne; screenwriter, Douglas Day Stewart.
  • Cinematographer, Archie Dalzell; editor, John F. McSweeney; music, Mark Snow.
  • Winner of 1 Primetime Emmy: Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special (Diana Hyland)
Cast: John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Robert Reed, Diana Hyland, Karen Morrow, Howard Platt, Buzz Aldrin, Ralph Bellamy.Summary: Based on a true story, 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. -- Digitalia Film Library
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Originally broadcast in ABC.

John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Robert Reed, Diana Hyland, Karen Morrow, Howard Platt, Buzz Aldrin, Ralph Bellamy.

Produced by Joel Thurm and Cindy Dunne; screenwriter, Douglas Day Stewart.

Cinematographer, Archie Dalzell; editor, John F. McSweeney; music, Mark Snow.

Based on a true story, 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. -- Digitalia Film Library

In English or Spanish.

Winner of 1 Primetime Emmy: Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special (Diana Hyland)

Online resource; title from opening/closing credits (Digitalia Film Library, viewed August 14, 2015)

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