The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Genre	Biography Drama Romance
Written by	Douglas Day Stewart
Story by	Joe Morgenstern Douglas Day Stewart
Directed by	Randal Kleiser
Starring	John Travolta Diana Hyland Robert Reed Ralph Bellamy Glynnis O'Connor
Music by	Mark Snow Paul Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Aaron Spelling Leonard Goldberg
Producer(s)	Joel Thurm Cindy Dunne
Production location(s)	Malibu Lake, California 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California
Cinematography	Arch Dalzell
Editor(s)	John F. McSweeney
Running time	97 minutes
Production company(s)	Spelling-Goldberg Productions
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	November 12, 1976

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 American made-for-television drama film inspired by the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, who lacked effective immune systems. It stars John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Diana Hyland, Robert Reed, Ralph Bellamy & P.J. Soles. It was written by Douglas Day Stewart, executive produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg (who, at the time, produced Starsky and Hutch and Charlie's Angels), and directed by Randal Kleiser, who would work with Travolta again in Grease shortly after. The original music score was composed by Mark Snow. The theme song "What Would They Say" was written and sung by Paul Williams. William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills was used for filming.^{[citation needed]}

The movie first aired November 12, 1976, on the ABC television network.