The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 made-for-television drama film starring John Travolta as a boy with a compromised immune system who must live in a sterile environment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Boy in the Plastic Bubble canonical | 4 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television film ⓘ |
| basedOn | the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita ⓘ |
| broadcastType | prime-time television movie ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William Cronjager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Randal Kleiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Art Seid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingFormat | color ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
medical drama ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeDescription | 1976 American made-for-TV drama about a boy living in a sterile plastic enclosure due to immune deficiency. ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
isolation ⓘ medical ethics ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| inspiredOtherWork | Bubble Boy (2001 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFictionalWorkAbout |
primary immunodeficiency
ⓘ
severe combined immunodeficiency ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Tod Lubitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mark Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | early major role for John Travolta ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| originalReleaseDate | 1976-11-12 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A boy with a compromised immune system must live in a sterile plastic environment to avoid infection. ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter | John Travolta as Tod Lubitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Aaron Spelling
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leonard Goldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Spelling-Goldberg Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | made-for-television film ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Douglas Day Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | suburban United States ⓘ |
| starring |
Diana Hyland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glynnis O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ John Travolta NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1970s ⓘ |
| writer | Douglas Day Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.