Still, Vetter never experienced the freedom of Travolta’s Tod. And while The Boy in the Plastic Bubble ends hopefully — with the teenage patient finally stepping outside in pursuit of love ...

In 1976, 'The Boy In The Plastic Bubble' was released, a film directed by Randal Kleiser and starring a very young John Travolta. The film tells the story of Tod Lubitch, a boy who was born with ...

Five-year-old Seersha Sulack has the same rare disease portrayed in the 1976 John Travolta movie, “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.” A germ – even a common cold – could kill her, and so she ...

Travolta and Hyland had dated for a year before her death. The two met in 1976 on the set of the TV movie "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble," when she was 41 and he was 23. Though Hyland played the ...

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble Shines a Spotlight on a Young John Travolta Diana Hyland won a posthumous prize for her depiction of Mickey Lubitch. Most of the film was shot at Malibu Lake.

Five-year-old Seersha Sulack has the same rare disease portrayed in the 1976 John Travolta movie, “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.” A germ — even a common cold — could kill her, and so she ...