15 Minutes
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| Directed by | John Herzfeld |
| Written by | John Herzfeld |
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| Cinematography | Jean-Yves Escoffier |
| Edited by | Steven Cohen |
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema (Overseas) Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany) |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $42 million |
| Box office | $56.4 million |
15 Minutes is a 2001 satirical buddy cop action thriller film directed and written by John Herzfeld and starring Robert De Niro and Edward Burns. Its story revolves around homicide detective Eddie Fleming (De Niro) and fire marshal Jordan Warsaw (Burns), who join forces to apprehend Emil Slovák and Oleg Razgul (Karel Roden and Oleg Taktarov), a pair of Eastern European murderers videotaping their crimes with hopes of becoming rich and famous. The title is a reference to the Andy Warhol quotation, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." 15 Minutes was produced by TriBeCa Productions and New Redemption Pictures and released by New Line Cinema overseas and Kinowelt Filmverleih in Germany on March 9, 2001. The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $56.4 million against a $42 million budget.