Joan rivers interviews sylvester stallone and john travolta staying alive part 2. Engulfed in controversy at the time, bubble boy has only. John travolta is young and cute, and very much in his early days of acting. The tv movie would get four emmy nominations and, along with carrie, would be the start of a winning streak for travolta. It shows a romantic episode from grease where john travolta is hugging olivia newtonjohn. Her boyfriend proposes and bb decides to travel across usa to niagara falls to stop the wedding.
But in a time of coronavirusinflicted selfisolation, it. John travolta a list of 39 titles created 26 feb 2019 to watch soon a list of 47 titles created 07 feb 2016. However, just a year later, hyland was told that she had breast cancer. Sonys choice collection vault of hardtofind cult and library titles has released the boy in the plastic bubble, the legendary 1976 madefortv movie starring john travolta, glynnis oconnor, robert reed, diana hyland, and ralph bellamy. John travolta is spending time with a charming young lady. Theres not much action, but shows his raw acting ability early in his career. It stars john travolta, glynnis oconnor, diana hyland, robert reed, and p.
Dec 06, 2010 the boy in the plastic bubble starring john travolta, glynnis oconnor, diana hyland, and robert reed. Dec 23, 20 the boy in the plastic bubble trailer 1976 movie. John travolta s imageconscious agents were, like contemporary, imageconscious press agents in the music industry are vainly attempting to project the pretty boy, justin beber, into a somewhat bad boy image, to expand his potential listening audience trying to project j. The boy in the plastic bubble is a 1976 madefortv movie inspired by the lives. The boy in the plastic bubble 1976 hollywood movie john travolta. Emmynominated madefortelevision movie the boy in the plastic bubble, starring john travolta. His father was of italian descent and his mother was of irish ancestry. The boy in the plastic bubble 1976 cast and crew the girl glynnis oconnor next door makes a teen john travolta born with immune deficiencies want to leave his germfree bubble. The boy in the plastic bubble 1976 hollywood movie john travolta, diana hyland, robert reed duration.
This is a film that features john travolta about the time he was in welcome back kotter. What would they sayjohn travolta boy in the plastic bubble. In this madefortv drama, tod lubitsch is a teenager who was born without disease. May 02, 2017 john travoltas most memorable roles for tv and film. Bubble boy undeserving of boycott wacky but gentle film is imaginative, charming along the way he encounters circus freaks, nasty bikers, a hindi ice cream vendor and a religious cult. R101 the boy in the plastic bubble bubble boy, john. John travolta biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. John joseph travolta born february 18, 1954 is an american actor, singer and dancer. It was written by douglas day stewart, produced by aaron spelling, and directed by randal. The actors perfectly played the couple of two young people who fell in love at.
John joseph travolta was born in englewood, new jersey, one of six children of helen travolta nee helen cecilia burke and salvatoresamuel j. The recent photo was taken from the cast of the latter movie. It stars john travolta, glynnis oconnor, diana hyland, robert reed, p. Teenager tod lubitch travolta is forced to live in a plastic isolation chamber because he was born with a nonfunctioning immune system, leaving him. By the age of 12 travolta himself had already joined an area actors group, and soon began appearing in local musicals and dinnertheater performances. Aug 15, 2019 although he had something special with preston, she wasnt the first love of his life. Bubble boy is a comic riff on the classic tv movie the boy in the plastic bubble 1976, which starred a young john travolta. As charismatic as brando or dean, travolta steals the movie from his stellar classmates. His story spawned the 1976 john travolta movie the boy in the. A nice tv movie i would say however, i did not like the small screen size of how the film was shot it was although a simple trip down memory lane. The boy in the plastic bubble john travolta or robby benson i never saw it either but i have this notion that it was travolta, based off tv commercials from way way back. It is not action packed just, a seventies movie in all respects. John travoltas most memorable roles for tv and film. John travolta and director randal kleiser boosted their early careers with this wellacted, sensitively directed television movie.
Just days later, the boy in the plastic bubble aired on television on sunday, november 12, 1976. The boy in the plastic bubble is a 1976 american madefortelevision drama film inspired by. Travolta rose to fame during the 1970s, appearing on the television series welcome back, kotter 19751979 and starring in the box office successes saturday night fever 1977 and grease 1978. With jake gyllenhaal, swoosie kurtz, marley shelton, danny trejo. The boy in the plastic bubble tv movie 1976 full cast. Bubble boy s been in a bubble all his life due to no immune system. John travolta simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
John travolta uncovers hidden details of his personal life. Below you find an overview of all movies and series with john travolta on netflix. The film was a spoof of the tv movie the boy in the plastic bubble. The girl next door makes a teen john travolta born with immune deficiencies want to leave his germfree bubble. The boy in the plastic bubble starring john travolta, glynnis oconnor, diana hyland, and robert reed. Gene therapy cures infants suffering from bubble boy immune disease. Touching story, when john travolta was still a boy. Sometimes, her taste in movies differs greatly from mine. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. I also have this notion that adam sandler played such a role, at some point. Although he had something special with preston, she wasnt the first love of his life. The boy in the plastic bubble 1976 drama, romance, john. Gene therapy cures infants suffering from bubble boy. Travolta was engaged with diana hyland who died of breast cancer in 1977, they met while filming the boy in the plastic bubble.
The movie first aired november 12 1976 on the abc television network. That movie starred john travolta and was first broadcast in 1976, the same year that travolta had his first substantial movie role with carrie. At that time, travolta was enjoying his initial taste of stardom as a cast member of the sitcom welcome back, kotter. Randal kleiser, douglas day stewart, john travolta, robert reed. Nov 26, 2019 travolta famously ends the boy in the plastic bubble taking his life into his own hands by leaving his previously happy, satisfying home and venturing out into the scary, exhilarating outside world. The boy in the plastic bubble trailer 1976 movie youtube. Travolta was similarly a young man at the very start of an auspicious career wondering what the future held. Engulfed in controversy at the time, bubble boy has only lingered in pop culture memory because of its nowfamous star. Playing high school bad boy danny zuko, he not only dances but also sings this time, and a single from the soundtrackyoure the one that i want, a duet with olivia newtonjohnreached the top of the billboard hot 100.
Bubble boy before their blockbuster collaboration on grease, john travolta and director randal kleiser boosted their early careers with this wellacted, sensitively directed television movie. The following is the filmography of american actor, director, screenwriter, producer, singer, dancer, musician and pilot john travolta travolta first became well known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series welcome back, kotter 19751979 and starring in the box office successes saturday night fever and grease. The girl next door makes a teen born with immune deficiencies. With all due respect, bubble boy isnt about a disease. What jake gyllenhaals controversial box office disaster can teach us about selfisolation.
Jun 14, 2014 madefortv movie inspired by the lives of david vetter and ted devita, who lacked effective immune systems. John travolta is a legendary actor known for his great roles in such movies as bubble boy and grease. But david vetter, a young boy from texas, lived out in the real world in a plastic bubble. Pretty weird movie if you think about it but we all watched the boy in the plastic bubble starring john travolta american actors john travolta and glynnis oconnor kiss through a vinyl membrane in a still from the film the boy in the plastic bubble, which was directed by r. The boy in the plastic bubble sony choice collection. The girl next door makes a teen born with immune deficiencies want to leave his germfree bubble. Dec 07, 2007 perhaps the most famous of these films was the 1976 production the boy in the plastic bubble. His father owned a tire repair shop called travolta tires in hillsdale, nj. Bubble boy undeserving of boycott wacky but gentle.
The film itself is unremarkable, except for its good fortune of presenting john travolta in his first starring role. With john travolta, glynnis oconnor, robert reed, diana hyland. It stars john travolta, glynnis oconnor, diana hyland, robert reed. Born february 18, 1954, in englewood, john travolta was the youngest of six children in a family of entertainers. In 1976, when he was filming the boy in the plastic bubble, travolta was crazy for diana hyland, who was actually his mother in the movie. The boy in the plastic bubble 1976 drama, romance, john travolta, glynnis oconnor, robert reed the girl. The life of john travolta behind the scenes ninjajournalist. The film is really about an obsessively overprotective mother played by swoosie kurtz whos willing to move heaven and hell to keep. Nicknamed bubble boy, david was born in 1971 with severe combined immunodeficiency scid, and was. The film is really about an obsessively overprotective mother played by swoosie kurtz.
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