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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 .
The Boy In The Bubble is a children's novel written by Ian Strachan and published in 1993. [1] The novel is about the story of Adam (a child born with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), and lived his life in an oxygen tent to prevent him from falling ill), and a schoolgirl named Anne, who chooses to base her school project on Adam.
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.
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.
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