Underplayed Gems

15 Minutes (2001)

15 Minutes poster
Directed by
John Herzfeld
Genre
drama film, action film, crime film, thriller film, buddy cop film
Country
Germany, United States
Runtime
2h
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 813 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A homicide detective and a fire marshal team up to catch two killers from Eastern Europe who videotape their murders to sell the footage for fame and money.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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