The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 made-for-TV movie inspired by the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, who lacked effective immune systems. It stars John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Diana Hyland, and Robert Re...展开ed. It was written by Douglas Day Stewart, produced by Aaron Spelling, and directed by Randal Kleiser, who would direct Travolta in an even bigger movie 2 years later: Grease. The original music score was composed by Mark Snow. William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills was used for filming.