無菌罩內的少年

魯比茲夫婦接到了醫院的化驗報告，證實魯比茲太太又懷孕了。這個消息對於他們來説，既高興又緊張，因為在這之前他們生的孩子都因為先天缺乏免疫力而不幸夭折了。
孩子在魯比茲夫婦的滿懷期望和忐忑不安中終於出世了，但殘酷的事實再次將魯比茲夫婦的熱情和渴望無情地打碎了，他們被告知剛剛出生的兒子托德和之前的孩子一樣，依然先天缺乏免疫力。為了延續托德的生命，醫生將他送進了經過特殊處理的無菌塑料屋，並且建議在他恢復免疫力之前都必須、也只能終日生活在那裏。
就這樣托德在塑料屋生活到了 4 歲，看着鄰居和孩子享受天倫之樂，魯比茲夫婦決定在托德情況穩定後將他接回家，但他還是要整日呆在塑料屋裏，因此人們都叫他"泡泡屋裏的男孩"。
12 年過去了，已經長大成人的托德每天只能透過窗戶看着屋外的景色和來來往往的人。一天，鄰居家的女兒吉娜的身影出現在了托德的眼前，他一下子就喜歡上了美麗的吉娜。但身體上的異常令他極為自卑，始終不敢向吉娜表白。
時間到了上高中的年紀，托德通過特別的遠程教育裝置也開始了在塑料屋裏的學習，和同學們的接觸令托德對外面的世界充滿的嚮往，他變得蠢蠢欲動，夢想着能騎上吉娜的馬在空地上奔馳。但可以復制人體免疫力的方法始終沒有研究出來，醫生告訴托德，雖然他的體內已經產生了一些免疫力，但還無法肯定是否可以離開塑料屋正常生活，也許出來後一次小小的傷風都有可能要了他的命。但最終托德還是鼓起勇氣邁出了塑料屋，第一次呼吸着外面的空氣，托德興奮不已，他不但實現了騎馬飛奔的夢想，同時還贏得了與吉娜的愛情。

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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. 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.

== Plot ==
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 assures her that the odds of their next child being born with the same condition are low.
The pregnancy results in the birth of a live baby boy, whom they name Tod. His immune system also does not function properly, meaning that contact with unfiltered air may kill him. John and Mickey are told he may have to live out his entire life in incubator-like conditions, or a "bubble." After a strenuous four years of Tod living in the hospital, Mickey convinces John to find a way to bring Tod home. He lives with his parents in Houston, Texas. He is restricted to staying in his room where he eats, learns, reads, and exercises, while being protected from the outside world by various plastic chambers.
As Tod becomes a teenager, he wishes to see more of the outside world and so begins remotely attending classes at the local high school. He has a crush on his next door neighbor, Gina Biggs, and accepts her invitation to a beach party by using a portable chamber. However, he is deeply hurt when she leads him on romantically and then reveals she only did it for a dare. She apologizes and begins bringing Tod his homework. Gina is failing her classes and convinces Tod to help her cheat, which raises her grades. When Tod expresses jealousy over her multiple suitors, Gina kisses him with his plastic bubble between them.
Tod and his parents create protective clothing, similar in style to a space suit with tanks of sterilized air, so he can attend school in person. On his first day, Tod challenges another student to a contest of strength, which distracts him from realizing that he's run out of air. Tod rushes back to his main chamber in his homeroom and narrowly avoids suffocating. Gina is angry that Tod acted so recklessly, causing her to realize she returns his romantic feelings.
When Gina is accepted to the Pratt Institute's art school in Brooklyn, New York, Tod is fearful of losing her forever. He asks his doctor if he could possibly survive outside a sterile environment. His doctor is uncertain, as Tod has built up some immunities over time but could just as easily fall ill and die. Tod decides to take the risk and steps outside his house, unprotected. He and Gina ride off on her horse.

== Main cast ==
John Travolta as Tod Lubitch
Seth Wagerman as 3-year-old Tod
Glynnis O'Connor as Gina Biggs
Karri Kirsch as 3-year-old Gina
Kimberly Kirsch as 3-year-old Gina
Robert Reed as Johnny Lubitch
Diana Hyland as Mickey Lubitch
Ralph Bellamy as Dr. Gunther
P.J. Soles as Deborah
Kelly Ward as Tom Shuster
Vernee Watson as Gwen
Anne Ramsey as Rachel
Erna Foxworth as Neighbor

== Reception ==
David Vetter, the boy who inspired this film, questioned the film's depiction of how sterile Tod's use of the spacesuit was. Vetter scoffed at the idea that Travolta's character could simply wear the spacesuit back into the isolator without contaminating the bubble.
The film was nominated for four Emmy Awards, winning one posthumously for Hyland.

== Impact and legacy ==
Days after Bill Clinton was inaugurated as U.S. President, William Safire reported on the phrase "in the bubble" as used in reference to living in the White House. Safire traced that usage in U.S. presidential politics to a passage in the 1990 political memoir What I Saw at the Revolution by Peggy Noonan, where she used it to characterize Ronald Reagan's "wistfulness about connection"; Richard Ben Cramer used the phrase two years later in What It Takes: The Way to the White House with reference to George H. W. Bush and how he had been "cosseted and cocooned in comfort by 400 people devoted to his security" and "never s[aw] one person who was not a friend or someone whose sole purpose it was to serve or protect him." Noonan's use was a reference to The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.
The film was mentioned several times on the series That '70s Show, in the episodes of NCIS "SWAK" and "Thirst", on the Family Guy episode "The Father, The Son and The Holy Fonz", in the film Superstar, and in the "Bubble Boy" episode of Seinfeld, Season 4, Episode 7. It inspired Todd Haynes' 1995 drama Safe.
The film and its underlying story inspired Paul Simon's 1985 song "The Boy in the Bubble", using the boy's survival as an example of how we live an "age of miracle and wonder".
The film had a personal impact on Travolta and Hyland, who began a six-month romantic relationship until her death, after the film ended principal photography.

== See also ==

Bubble Boy
Bubble Boy, a 2001 comedic theatrical movie loosely inspired by this film
Everything, Everything
List of television films produced for American Broadcasting Company

== References ==

== External links ==
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble at IMDb

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