Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (film)
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Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss is a based on true events made for television movie stars Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Jamie-Lynn Sigler is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO television series The Sopranos.-Early life:...

 as Hollywood madame Heidi Fleiss
Heidi Fleiss
Heidi Lynne Fleiss is an American former madam, and also a columnist and television personality regularly featured in the 1990s in American media. She is often referred to as the "Hollywood Madam"....

. The television film aired on the USA channel on March 29, 2004.

Plot

The story of Heidi Fleiss
Heidi Fleiss
Heidi Lynne Fleiss is an American former madam, and also a columnist and television personality regularly featured in the 1990s in American media. She is often referred to as the "Hollywood Madam"....

 (Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Jamie-Lynn Sigler is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO television series The Sopranos.-Early life:...

), known as "The Hollywood Madam
Pimp
A pimp is an agent for prostitutes who collects part of their earnings. The pimp may receive this money in return for advertising services, physical protection, or for providing a location where she may engage clients...

", who was the daughter of a prominent Los Angeles doctor, and eventually becomes a prostitute for a well-known Los Angeles madame Alex (Brenda Fricker
Brenda Fricker
Brenda Fricker is an Irish actress of theatre, film and television. She had appeared in more than 30 films and television roles...

). She soon took over her boss' operation and began raking in $300,000 a month by hiring only the most beautiful and high-class hookers and catering to wealthy Hollywood types, European, Arab sheiks and American corporate executives. Her operation was broken up by Los Angeles police in 1993 and she was eventually sent to prison for income tax evasion.

Cast

  • Jamie-Lynn Sigler
    Jamie-Lynn Sigler
    Jamie-Lynn Sigler is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO television series The Sopranos.-Early life:...

     as Heidi Fleiss
    Heidi Fleiss
    Heidi Lynne Fleiss is an American former madam, and also a columnist and television personality regularly featured in the 1990s in American media. She is often referred to as the "Hollywood Madam"....

  • Brenda Fricker
    Brenda Fricker
    Brenda Fricker is an Irish actress of theatre, film and television. She had appeared in more than 30 films and television roles...

     as Madame Alex
  • Saul Rubinek
    Saul Rubinek
    Saul Rubinek is a Canadian actor, director, producer and playwright, known for his work in TV, film and the stage.-Early life:...

     as Paul Fleiss
  • Emmanuelle Vaugier
    Emmanuelle Vaugier
    Emmanuelle Vaugier is a Canadian film actress, singer, songwriter and television actress who has had recurring roles as Detective Jessica Angell on CSI: NY, Mia on Two and a Half Men, Dr. Helen Bryce on Smallville, and FBI Special Agent Emma Barnes on Human Target...

     as Lauren
  • Natassia Malthe
    Natassia Malthe
    Natassia Malthe is a Norwegian model and actress.-Biography:Natassia is the younger of two daughters. She was born in Oslo, Norway. She is half Filipino. She is usually credited by her birth name however is sometime credited as 'Lina Teal'...

     as Charisse
  • Ian Tracey as Sergeant Willeford
  • Blu Mankuma
    Blu Mankuma
    Blu Mankuma is an American actor. He has appeared in numerous Canadian and American productions filmed in Canada.Mankuma was born in Seattle, Washington...

     as Police chief
  • Robert Davi
    Robert Davi
    Robert John Davi is an American actor and singer. He has played such roles as Vietnam veteran and Special Agent Johnson in Die Hard, the villainous Jake Fratelli in The Goonies, and Al Torres in Showgirls...

     as Ivan Nagy
  • Corbin Bernsen
    Corbin Bernsen
    Corbin Dean Bernsen is an American actor and director, known for his work on television. He is best known for his roles as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L.A. Law, and as retired police detective Henry Spencer on the USA Network comedy-drama series Psych...

     as Steve
  • Hrant Alianak as Prince Hassan
  • Crystal Balint
    Crystal Balint
    Crystal Balint is a Canadian film, theater and television performer and singer.-Early life and education:Balint was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in the mountain town of Canmore, Alberta...

     as Tracey
  • Susannah Hoffmann as Elissa Fleiss
  • Missy Peregrym
    Missy Peregrym
    Melissa "Missy" Peregrym is a Canadian actress and former fashion model. She made her feature film debut in the 2006 gymnastics comedy drama Stick It. She played a recurring role as Candice Wilmer on the NBC television series Heroes, and starred in the CW television series Reaper...

     as Tina
  • Joe Norman Shaw as Heidi's Lawyer
  • Stefanie von Pfetten
    Stefanie von Pfetten
    Stefanie von Pfetten aka Stefanie Baroness Christina von Pfetten is a Canadian film and television actress of German descent. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Lilly in the sci fi-horror film Decoys, and Captain Marcia "Showboat" Case in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica...

    as Michelle

Production

The original title for the movie was called "Going Down: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss". Filmed on location in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Many scenes were filmed at Calgary's "Bow River Correctional Center", a minimum security institution which had been closed and empty for some time before filming, which has since been renovated and re-opened as the "Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatric Center".

Home media

The film was released on Region 1 dvd on May 17, 2005 by 20th Century Fox. Formatted for close-caption, subtitled widescreen. Not rated or any special features.
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