---
title: '15 Minutes (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Herzfeld'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/15-minutes-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179626/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 15 Minutes (2001)

2001 · R · 120 min · Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller · Germany, United States


## Synopsis

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 and fire marshal Jordan Warsaw (Burns), who join forces to apprehend Emil Slovák and Oleg Razgul, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Herzfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-herzfeld)
- **Screenplay:** [John Herzfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-herzfeld)
- **Producer:** [John Herzfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-herzfeld)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anthony Marinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-marinelli)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean-Yves Escoffier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-yves-escoffier)

## Cast

- [Marco Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-khan)
- [James Handy](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-handy)
- [Kata Dobó](https://cinepixo.com/people/kata-dobo)
- [Robert De Niro](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-de-niro)
- [Malcolm-Jamal Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-jamal-warner)
- [Kelsey Grammer](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelsey-grammer)
- [Melina Kanakaredes](https://cinepixo.com/people/melina-kanakaredes)
- [Joe Lisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-lisi)
- [Paul Herman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-herman)
- [Barry Primus](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-primus)
- [Charlize Theron](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlize-theron)
- [Kim Cattrall](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-cattrall)
- [Roland Kickinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-kickinger)
- [David Alan Grier](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-alan-grier)
- [Anton Yelchin](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-yelchin)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/15-minutes-2001
Film facts: Wikidata (Q180395); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.