This is one of the best made for TV movies ever. It's a very sad drama with a great, unique story and I loved it. I highly recommend it.
John Travolta,
Diana Hyland,
Robert Reed,
Ralph Bellamy,
Glynnis O'Connor
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Welcome Back Kotter star John Travolta headlines the made-for-TV Boy in the Plastic Bubble. Douglas Day Stewart's fact-based teleplay casts Travolta as Tod Lubitsch, a teenager who was born without di... read more
Directed by: Randal Kleiser, Ranal Klaiser
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Flixster Reviews (297)
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January 3, 2011
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August 8, 2007
Touching story, when John Travolta was still a boy. We watched this on TV and were fascinated by it. In 1976, it seemed so hi-tech.
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March 9, 2006
I may have watched this a hundred times when I was younger late at night when no one was around. All I remember are some pushups and him riding off on a horse to where he would have died after the credits rolled.
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June 26, 2008
Good movie. Interesting story plot. One of my favorite movies from John Travolta.
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May 29, 2007
I didnt get to see all of this...but from what i saw it was good! john travolta living in a plastic bubble...man i got to see the rest!
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Typical disease-of-the-week TV fare, made memorable by a young John Travolta on the cusp of superstardom. Full Review
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