The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Genre	Biography Drama Romance
Written by	Douglas Day Stewart
Story by	Joe Morgenstern Douglas Day Stewart
Directed by	Randal Kleiser
Starring	John Travolta Diana Hyland Robert Reed Ralph Bellamy Glynnis O'Connor
Music by	Mark Snow Paul Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Aaron Spelling Leonard Goldberg
Producers	Joel Thurm Cindy Dunne
Production locations	Malibu Lake, California 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California
Cinematography	Arch Dalzell
Editor	John F. McSweeney
Running time	97 minutes
Production company	Spelling-Goldberg Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 12, 1976 (1976-11-12)
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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. 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 the 1978 hit musical film adaptation of 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.^[1] William Howard Taft High School was used for filming.

The TV movie first aired November 12, 1976 on ABC. In the United Kingdom, the TV movie was released on PAL DVD by Prism Leisure in 2001 before it finally made its terrestrial television debut on Channel 5 in 2006.