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Released
1976 · FILM

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

A lifetime of loneliness...Or one day of love

Directed by
Runtime
96 min
TV MovieDrama

Synopsis

Tod Lubitch is born with a severely weakened immune system, requiring him to live in a fully sterile environment for the rest of his life. His room is hermetically sealed to prevent exposure to bacteria and viruses, his food is specially prepared under sterile conditions, and his only human interaction comes through the gloved hands of caregivers. The film chronicles his life as he grows into a teenager.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John Mcsweeney JrShot by Archie R DalzellScored by Mark Snow

Also known as

  • L'Enfant bullefr

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