L'enfant bulle

Original title: The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

TV Movie
1976
Not Rated
1h 36m

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John Travolta and Glynnis O'Connor in L'enfant bulle (1976)

The girl next door makes a teen born with immune deficiencies want to leave his germ-free bubble.The girl next door makes a teen born with immune deficiencies want to leave his germ-free bubble.The girl next door makes a teen born with immune deficiencies want to leave his germ-free bubble.

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5.8/10

5.8K

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

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Trivia
During filming, 22-year-old John Travolta and 40-year-old Diana Hyland began dating and eventually fell in love, despite the fact that Hyland was nearly 18 years older than Travolta. She was still in the process of getting divorced from her husband, writer and producer Joseph Goodson when she passed away on Sunday, March 27, 1977, four months after their TV movie's broadcast, and while Travolta was filming La Fièvre du samedi soir (1977).

Goofs
John Travolta's character would not have been able to walk back into his bubble wearing his special suit after walking around outside in it. The suit would have contaminated the sterile environment.

Quotes
Johnny Lubitch: My son is not a freak!

Connections
Edited into Ninja the Mission Force: Ninja Virus (2012)

Soundtracks
What Would They Say
(uncredited)
Composed by Paul Williams
Sung by Paul Williams
[Played over the closing credits]

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Featured review

Back around the circle to great

I caught this movie on HBO late one night recently, after hearing about it for years as "that John Travolta movie about the boy in the bubble."

It was bad. No, it was awful. As someone suggested earlier, it's a wonder that MST3K never got a hold of it. But a funny thing happened on the way - the movie went around the circle of quality until it got to bad. It then kept going, getting worse and worse, until it made its way full circle back to great. I'll admit - Citizen Kane this ain't, but it's great for a really, really, bad movie.

Just for laughs, imagine Travolta in his Vinnie Barbarino voice saying "Heyyy... I'm in a bubble heah..."

It's too bad he couldn't have stayed in that bubble, sparing us the agony of Battleship Earth and the Look Who's Talking series.