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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 American made for television drama film inspired by the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, who lacked effective immune systems.It stars John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Diana Hyland, Robert Reed, Ralph Bellamy and P.J. Soles.
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 TV movie drama inspired by Vetter, starring John Travolta. The 1986 Paul Simon song "The Boy in the Bubble" was inspired by Vetter's story. [10] [11] In 1992, American sitcom Seinfeld parodied the case in their episode The Bubble Boy.
Bubble Boy is a 2001 American black comedy film directed by Blair Hayes, starring Jake Gyllenhaal in the title role. [3] It was inspired by the 1976 movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble . [ 4 ] A musical by the same name was written by the same authors and first performed in 2008.
His story, along with that of Texas SCID patient David Vetter, inspired the 1976 TV movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. In the film, John Travolta played Tod, a teenage boy who lived in a sterile bubble due to illness. DeVita was 14 when the film, unauthorized by his family, was released.
He also had a strong supporting role in the John Travolta telefilm, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. In 1984 Friedrich played the lead role of Marshall Weatherly in The Paper Chase episode "Not Prince Hamlet". In 1978, he appeared in two films; the much-criticized disco film, Thank God It's Friday, and the school comedy Almost Summer.
She appeared in the 1976 television movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, for which she won a posthumous Emmy Award. [6] The following year, she co-starred with Dick Van Patten in the series Eight Is Enough. [8] She appeared in only five episodes before her death, and her character, Joan Bradford, was subsequently killed off. [9]
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The Boy in the Bubble (novel), a 1994 book by Ian Strachan; Bubble Boy, a 2001 American comedy film directed by Blair Hayes "Lying Around the House / Bubble Boy", 2004, the 60th episode of the American superhero animated television series The Powerpuff Girls; Bubble Boy, a 2013 musical with music and lyrics by Cinco Paul