The Boy In The Plastic Bubble |1976| USA Drama, Biography, Romance Tv Movie | Starring John Travolta

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 American TV movie 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. It was written by Douglas Day Stewart, produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg (who, at the time, produced Starsky and Hutch and Charlie’s Angels), and directed by Randal Kleiser, who would work with Travolta again in Grease shortly after. The original music score was composed by Mark Snow. The theme song “What Would They Say“ was written and sung by Paul Williams. William Howard Taft High School was used for filming. The movie first aired November 12, 1976 on ABC. Plot summary John and Mickey Lubitch conceive a child. After multiple previous miscarriages and the death of their first son (who was born without a functioning immune system), Mickey fears the likelihood that something gravely wrong could happen to their child. John