Larceny of the heart

During the early 1980?s Richard Beech, a Vietnam Veteran, is on the run from mobsters due to a failed drug deal. Beech owes them money and leaves Chicago in a mad rush. He hops on an Amtrak train and hours later, while stretching his legs at a rail station stop, he notices a harismatic, young and beautiful girl. He decides to remain here in this small college town, Bearsville, Illinois and figure out how to raise the money he needs to pay off the mob and return to his life in Chicago.In Bearsville, he meets a variety of people while becoming involved in a Lolita-style soulmate affair with Jasmine. While having lunch, he befriends the town?s newspaper editor and then begins interacting with the Bearsville elite including a local motorcycle gang, college students, restaurant personnel and the town?s gay beauty shop owners.Bearsville is a mythical Illinois college town that should be compared with Carbondale, Illinois (Southern Illinois University) and Woodstock, NY . The town has been humorously nicknamed ?Fats? because of all the overweight town folk. Being a college town, Beech encounters different scenarios including sex, drugs, music, booze, gourmet restaurants, religious believers and hypocrites, prostitution, and the local gay disco.MAIN CAST:Richard Beech - a Vietnam Veteran that?s about 42. He?s used to making great money dealing cocaine or pot. He?s 6?1? about 180 lbs and good looking. He is skilled at photography, art and considers himself a kind of gourmet cook. Suggested actors for this role are John Cusack, Mark Wahlberg, Mekhi Pfeiffer or Denzel Washington.Jasmine Fripo - She is a high school girl that?s almost 17. She?s mature beyond her years having to take on the role of ?mom? for her uneducated, sarcastic father. She?s bright and likes music, photography and is a very talented shoplifter. Suggested actresses for this role are Kirsten Storms (TV?s Clubland), Kristen Bell (TV?s Veronica Mars) and HillaryDuff.George Orlandello - Editor at the town newspaper, The Journal. He is about 50 or a little older with thinning gray hair and is an alcoholic lush. He knows the town in and out. He has a sophisticated variety of interests and becomes Beech?s friend and unknowing accomplice. Suggested actors for the role are Bill Murray or Barry Bostwick.