15 Minutes

15 Minutes
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Herzfeld
Written byJohn Herzfeld
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJean-Yves Escoffier
Edited bySteven Cohen
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byNew Line Cinema (Overseas)
Kinowelt (Germany)
Release date
  • March 9, 2001 (2001-03-09)
Running time
120 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Germany
LanguageEnglish
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 a homicide detective (De Niro) and a fire marshal (Burns) who join forces to apprehend a pair of Eastern European murderers (Karel Roden and Oleg Taktarov) videotaping their crimes in order to become rich and famous. The title is a reference to the Andy Warhol quotation, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."