Bubble Boy
Bubble Boy is a 2001 American black comedy film directed by Blair Hayes, starring Jake Gyllenhaal in the title role. It was inspired by the 1976 movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. A musical by the same name was written by the same authors and first performed in 2008.
Plot
Born without an immune system, Jimmy Livingston lives in a sterilized dome in his bedroom in his home in California, earning him the nickname "Bubble Boy" by his neighbors. His overbearing and devout Christian mother only exposes him to Highlights magazine and Land of the Lost for entertainment. When he is a teenager, Jimmy is immediately taken with Chloe, who moves in next door, and the two become friends despite his mother's discouragement. When Chloe leaves for Niagara Falls to marry her boyfriend Mark in three days' time, Jimmy realizes that Chloe cares for him and builds a mobile bubble suit, determined to stop the wedding.
Cast
- Arden Myrin
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- Boti Bliss
- Brian Friedman
- Brian George
- Cinco Paul
- Cleo King
- Danny Trejo
- Dave Sheridan
- Ever Carradine
- Fabio Lanzoni
- Geoffrey Arend
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- John Carroll Lynch
- Katie Lohmann
- Ken Daurio
- Leo Fitzpatrick
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- Mandy Moore
- Marley Shelton
- Matthew McGrory
- Pablo Schreiber
- Patrick Cranshaw
- Ping Wu
- Robert LaSardo
- Stacy Keibler
- Stephen Spinella
- Steven Anthony Lawrence
- Swoosie Kurtz
- Verne Troyer
- Zach Galifianakis
More details
author | Cinco Paul Ken Daurio |
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contentLocation | New York |
director | Blair Hayes |
editor | Pamela Martin |
genre | comedy |
keywords | abandon belong church gas station hear highlights for children honeymoon ice cream truck isolated las vegas married mud wrestling new york state niagara falls old flame on the road open return home taxi driver truck driver twin brother wed win wrestle |
musicBy | John Ottman |
producer | Beau Flynn |
productionCompany | Touchstone Pictures |
publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
theme | black comedy highlight road movie |