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Du Bois, who makes a cameo as a detective in the movie, gave the film company and director credit for making an adaptation of the true story. "If you read the original article, the basic elements are in the movie, but there is a lot of Hollywood in that movie," he said. In the movie, Schiller is renamed "Victor Kershaw." Played by Tony Shalhoub, who starred in TV's "Monk," Kershaw is described by Wahlberg's character as a criminal who deserves to have bad things happen to him. Surrounded by women in skimpy bikinis, he's seen in a pool while smoking a cigar. That image, Schiller said, couldn't be further from the truth. "It's not who I am," said Schiller, who now works in an accounting office. He says he was married and a homebody at the time of the kidnapping and never smoked cigars. "It's supposed to represent me but it doesn't." The movie also gives some details about at least one killing that happened after Schiller's escape, although it is unclear how that is done. Paramount rejected an AP request to view the film in advance. In reality, the gang targeted Frank Griga, a Hungarian immigrant who had gotten rich running a phone sex operation
-- Doorbal's girlfriend knew him from the strip club where she worked. Under the pretense of proposing a business deal, the gang invited Griga and his girlfriend, Krisztina Furton, to dinner with the intent to kidnap them. But Griga fought back and was beaten to death. Furton was killed with an overdose of horse tranquilizer. Their bodies were taken to the same warehouse where Schiller had been held and dismembered. The bodies were dumped and the parts were put into drums and buckets and then discarded around South Florida. (One movie trailer shows a small dog carrying a severed toe in its mouth around a posh home). When Griga and Furton were reported missing, the investigation quickly focused on the Sun Gym gang. Delgado became a prosecution witness against Lugo and Doorbal, who were convicted of murder in 1998 and sentenced to death. They are awaiting execution. Delgado got 15 years. Others were also convicted for their roles. Jimenez, the detective, was often assigned to show actors -- including Kevin Bacon
-- what it was like to ride in a squad car. As they cruised, he would tell them about the Sun Gym case. "Their response was: 'I know it's true. But you can't even make a movie out of it because nobody will believe that it was true.'" ___ Online: "Pain & Gain" trailer:
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