There’s lots of talk about the barefoot bandit. Since he started in our part of the world he is our hometown hero. Did you know he never hurt anyone? There was never any violence. Isn’t that good. It is hard to believe how stupid people are. I know I’ve had lots of practice listening, but there is always something new. That’s why life is so interesting. How big is his fan base on Facebook? Something like 10,000. He did elude police for over 2 years. Yeah! Terrific. What a clever and bright boy he must be. He’s a boy of above average intelligence we’re told. Did you know he figured out how to fly a plane just by playing video games about flying? He’s brilliant. Maybe if he had practiced on video games about landing he wouldn’t have crashed those planes.
These admiring people are the same ones who would have cheered on Bonnie and Clyde, Billy the Kid and any number of criminal folk hero’s. I know he will be in the headlines for many months. He will most likely be tried in 6-7 states. Since he took planes and boats across state lines there will also be federal charges.
There will be a book and a movie. There is money to be made off the barefoot bandit. The law prohibits him from profiting from his own crimes, but can mom profit? She hired a lawyer to protect those rights. Both the book and the movie had better move quickly. You have to strike while the iron is hot. The book is probably mostly written — just needs a conclusion. If it’s cheaply done it should be on the market in less that a month. Paperback of course. A good movie will take more time. I know a TV movie of the week would be faster, but I want to encourage them to hold out for a major motion picture. Smaller audience, but more money! I’m sure casting directors already have ideas. Colton is tall. 6.4” or something like that. He is sorta thin. Leonardo DeCaprio has the build, but he’s getting to old. Matt Damon is over the age limit and short. Who is tall, somewhat thin, good looking with a smirky smile? They also have to be likeable and sneaky. The role may have to go to an unknown. There really isn’t such a thing as an unknown. The actor’s parents know him. So do his siblings and friends. I guess that just means we don’t know him.
Maybe a young TV star, or up and coming Broadway star. It must be someone who runs well barefooted. Maybe Logan Leman would work. He’s been on a couple of series but may be best known as the kid from 3:10 to Yuma, the son of Christian Bale. He has the looks and the build. He is also 18 years of age. Very close! Other suggestions?
If Logan doesn’t work, I’m stuck. Set up a national open audition. Go ahead see all 10,000 who audition and try to keep them strait. We don’t know that the barefoot bandit had a girlfriend, but one should be written in. We need a hook for the teenage girls. A tragic love story would help a lot otherwise it may only be guys interested in the movie. I’m not sure there are enough explosions for that crowd, but there are some pretty cool crashes. One can always add bigger explosions and crashes. It doesn’t have to be a true story, just based on a true story. The final boat chase is pretty cool. Did you see all those bullet holes? How did they avoid hitting him? Amazing.
The story is great if you don’t take into consideration the damage he did, the live’s he destroyed and the emotional harm he did, but if it has comic overtones these people can be presented as just slightly annoyed instead of devastated. We do want a good movie.
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