#Bubble boy todd movie#

The real-life bubble boys David Vetter and Ted DeVita were still alive when the movie was released. When the cast was removed I walked with crutches to the woods & lake with sheer delight. While in the cast, I was laid-up at home on a lake, just like in the movie. I can relate because when I was his age I fell off a cliff and ended up in traction and a body cast for four months. The best part is the ending where we share in Tod's joy and sense of wonder at the most simplest things that normal people take for granted. There are several well-done high school sequences, like the football field scene where the kids sneak away to smoke pot. At its heart, this is a coming-of-age movie but with a unique twist (the bubble boy). She was almost 20 during filming and has a bikini sequence for those interested. The former was 21 during shooting and is quite good as the protagonist while O'Connor is winsome as ever. Thankfully, the story perks up with the star power of Travolta and O'Connor. The opening act is relatively dull, but it's necessary because it establishes Tod's situation. John Travolta plays Tod Lubitch, a teen born with immune deficiencies in Southern Cal while Glynnis O'Connor is the girl next door with whom he slowly develops a relationship and inspires him to crave freedom from his germ-free 'prison.' Robert Reed & Diana Hyland are on hand as his parents. RELEASED TO TV IN 1976 and directed by Randal Kleiser, 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble' is a youth drama inspired by the true-life stories of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, both of whom lacked effective immune systems.

Bubble boy todd