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Innocuous, innocent, and somewhat idiotic, Disney's bubbleheaded road-movie comedy plays as a farcical remake of the 1976 cult TV-movie melodrama The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. Jake Gyllenhaal is the goodhearted innocent raised in a sort of human Habitrail of plastic rooms and rubber tunnels. To win back the girl of his dreams (Marley Shelton), he steps out of his indoor greenhouse and into a homemade Ziplock bubble suit. It's the usual story: naive innocent bounces down the highway like a beach ball with legs and wins over the wacky supporting cast of soft-hearted bikers, zombielike teenage cultists, and orphaned "freaks" through purity and pluck. The premise wears thin after a while, but Gyllenhaal keeps the film bounding along with goofy innocence and energetic eagerness. Swoosie Kurtz costars as his religious-zealot clinging mom. Watch for Fabio in an inspired cameo. --Sean Axmaker
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From the producer of the outrageous AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME, BUBBLE BOY is the hilarious, laugh-out-loud comedy about a sheltered young man (Jake Gyllenhaal -- OCTOBER SKY) who breaks all the rules on a wild adventure to get the girl of his dreams! Though he's lived his entire life within the confines of a protective plastic bubble and under the ever-watchful eye of his overprotective mother (Swoosie Kurtz -- GET OVER IT), Jimmy Livingston (Gyllenhaal) never thought that he'd missed out on anything, until the girl next door (Marley Shelton -- VALENTINE, SUGAR & SPICE) ran off to get married in Niagara Falls. With the wedding only days away, Jimmy has no choice but to build a mobile "bubble suit" and set off across the country to stop the wedding and confess his love to her!
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Bubble Boy
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal , Swoosie Kurtz , Marley Shelton , Danny Trejo , and John Carroll Lynch Director: Blair Hayes (II) Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD  General
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ASIN: B00005U8QN Release Date: 2002-01-15 |
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Innocuous, innocent, and somewhat idiotic, Disney's bubbleheaded road-movie comedy plays as a farcical remake of the 1976 cult TV-movie melodrama The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. Jake Gyllenhaal is the goodhearted innocent raised in a sort of human Habitrail of plastic rooms and rubber tunnels. To win back the girl of his dreams (Marley Shelton), he steps out of his indoor greenhouse and into a homemade Ziplock bubble suit. It's the usual story: naive innocent bounces down the highway like a beach ball with legs and wins over the wacky supporting cast of soft-hearted bikers, zombielike teenage cultists, and orphaned "freaks" through purity and pluck. The premise wears thin after a while, but Gyllenhaal keeps the film bounding along with goofy innocence and energetic eagerness. Swoosie Kurtz costars as his religious-zealot clinging mom. Watch for Fabio in an inspired cameo. --Sean AxmakerDescription
From the producer of the outrageous AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME, BUBBLE BOY is the hilarious, laugh-out-loud comedy about a sheltered young man (Jake Gyllenhaal -- OCTOBER SKY) who breaks all the rules on a wild adventure to get the girl of his dreams! Though he's lived his entire life within the confines of a protective plastic bubble and under the ever-watchful eye of his overprotective mother (Swoosie Kurtz -- GET OVER IT), Jimmy Livingston (Gyllenhaal) never thought that he'd missed out on anything, until the girl next door (Marley Shelton -- VALENTINE, SUGAR & SPICE) ran off to get married in Niagara Falls. With the wedding only days away, Jimmy has no choice but to build a mobile "bubble suit" and set off across the country to stop the wedding and confess his love to her!
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Starring: John Travolta , Glynnis O'Connor , Robert Reed , Diana Hyland , and Karen Morrow Director: Randal Kleiser Manufacturer: Westlake Entertainment ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General
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ASIN: B0000Z6N9M Release Date: 2003-11-01 |
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Boy in The Plastic Bubble
Starring: John Travolta; Glynnis O'Connor; Robert Reed; Diana Hyland; Ralph Bellamy; Karen Morrow; John Friedrich; Buzz Aldrin; Anne Ramsey Director: Randal Keliser Manufacturer: Reel Enterprises ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General
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ASIN: B000L42NNC Release Date: 2006-11-27 |
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A young Travolta is forced to live in an isolation bubble because he's been born without an immune system. An engrossing look at a boy's coming of age under unusual -- and challenging -- circumstances. Script by Douglas Day Stewart, from his and Joseph Morgenstern's story.
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble/The Harrad Experiment
Starring: John Travolta , Glynnis O'Connor , Robert Reed , Diana Hyland , and Karen Morrow Director: Randal Kleiser , and Ted Post Manufacturer: Marengo Films ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General
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ASIN: B00005BGRI Release Date: 2001-06-26 |
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This double feature film DVD includes "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (color 1976)," and "The Harrad Experiment(color 1973)."
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The Boy In The Plastic Bubble (DVD)
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A teenage boy born without the necessary immunities to stave off infection lives in a sanitary airtight environment.
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Starring: John Travolta; Glynnis O'Connor; Robert Reed; Diana Hyland; Keren Morrow Director: Randal Kleiser Manufacturer: Passion Productions ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General
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ASIN: B0007D22II Release Date: 2001-08-14 |
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Based on true story, Todd Lubitch was born with deficient Immune System. As such, He had to spend the rest of his life in a completely sterile environment. his room wasahemertically sealed against bacteria, his food was specially prepared,and his only human contactwas in the form of gloved hands. Unfortunately,this sterile condition could not protect him from human emotions. This special performance by Travolta served to underscore the remarkable career that followed.|
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble [Region 2]
Starring: John Travolta , Glynnis O'Connor , Robert Reed , Diana Hyland , and Karen Morrow Director: Randal Kleiser ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Starring: John Travolta , Glynnis O'Connor , Robert Reed , Diana Hyland , and Karen Morrow Director: Randal Kleiser Manufacturer: Essex ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General
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Before their blockbuster collaboration on Grease, John Travolta and director Randal Kleiser boosted their early careers with this well-acted, sensitively directed television movie. Teenager Tod Lubitch (Travolta) is forced to live in a plastic isolation chamber because he was born with a non-functioning immune system, leaving him vulnerable to even the most common everyday viruses. A unique coming-of-age story, the movie (first telecast in 1976) has become the subject of jokes over the years, but Travolta's comeback has sparked new interest in the star's Welcome Back, Kotter days. --Jeff Shannon|
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The American Experience: The Boy in the Bubble
Director: Barak Goodman , and John Maggio Manufacturer: PBS (Direct) ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General
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ASIN: B000F8OIV4 Release Date: 2006-05-02 |
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When David Vetter died at the age of 12, he was already world famous: the boy in the plastic bubble. Mythologized as the plucky, handsome child who had defied the odds, his life story is in fact even more dramatic. It is a tragic tale that pits ambitious doctors against a bewildered, frightened young couple. It is a story of unendingly committed caregivers and resourceful scientists on the cutting edge of medical research. This AMERICAN EXPERIENCE raises some of the most difficult ethical questions of our age. Did doctors, in a rush to save a child, condemn the boy to a life not worth living? Did they, in the end, effectively decide how to kill him?|
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Starring: John Travolta , Glynnis O'Connor , Robert Reed , Diana Hyland , and Karen Morrow Director: Randal Kleiser Manufacturer: Platinum Disc ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General
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ASIN: B00005A0QF Release Date: 1999-06-22 |
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Before their blockbuster collaboration on Grease, John Travolta and director Randal Kleiser boosted their early careers with this well-acted, sensitively directed television movie. Teenager Tod Lubitch (Travolta) is forced to live in a plastic isolation chamber because he was born with a nonfunctioning immune system, leaving him vulnerable to even the most common everyday viruses. A unique coming-of-age story, the movie (first telecast in 1976) has become the subject of jokes over the years, but Travolta's comeback has sparked new interest in the star's Welcome Back, Kotter days. --Jeff ShannonDVD:
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