The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) John Travolta

Drama | Romance | Biography | USA | 97min Cast: John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Robert Reed, Diana Hyland, Buzz Aldrin Tod Lubitsch (John Travolta) is a teenager who was born without disease immunities. As a result, he's forced to live out his life in sterile incubator conditions. When he falls in love with Gina Biggs (Glynnis O'Connor), Tod must decide between following his heart or facing near-certain death. Heavily fictionalized film account of the life of David Phillip Vetter (Born 1971) of Shenandoah, Texas who suffered from a rare genetic disease now known as severe combined immune deficiency syndrome (SCID). Forced to live in a sterile environment, he became known in the media as 'the boy in the plastic bubble'.