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15 Minutes

Year:
Duration:
120 min
Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB rate:
6.1
Director:
John Herzfeld
Awards:
1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2001-03-09
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $42,000,000
Opening Weekend: $10,523,154 (USA) (11 March 2001)
Gross: $24,375,436 (USA) (22 April 2001)
Cast
Actor
Character
Robert De Niro
Detective Eddie Flemming
Edward Burns
Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw
Kelsey Grammer
Robert Hawkins
Avery Brooks
Detective Leon Jackson
Melina Kanakaredes
Nicolette Karas
Karel Roden
Emil Slovak
Oleg Taktarov
Oleg Razgul
Vera Farmiga
Daphne Handlova
John DiResta
Bobby Korfin
James Handy
Deputy Chief Fire Marshal Declan Duffy
Darius McCrary
Detective Tommy Cullen
Bruce Cutler
Himself
David Alan Grier
Mugger in Central Park
Vladimir Mashkov
Milos Karlova
Irina Gasanova
Tamina Karlova (as Arina Gasanova)
Noelle Evans
Honey the Hooker
Mindy Marin
Maggie
Christine Claibourne
Maggie's Assistant
Paul Herman
Detective Paulie
Gabriel Casseus
Unique
Joe Lisi
Police Captain
Stephen Davis
Murphy
William Stanton
Garcia (as Bill Stanton)
Louis F. Garcia
Fire Chief
Mike Camello
Fireman Camello
Tygh Runyan
Stephen Geller
Barry Blueian
Immigration Supervisor
Ritchie Coster
News Stand Vendor
Roseanne Barr
Herself (as Roseanne)
Ashton Dane
Talk Show Father
Gail Greaves
Talk Show Wife
Bobby Field
Talk Show Son (as Bobby Fields)
Anton Yelchin
Boy in Burning Building
Lynette Ruiz
Composite Artist
Kurt Andon
Pizza Man
Rikki Klieman
Daphne's Lawyer (as Rikki J. Klieman)
Sebastian Roché
Ludwig the Hairdresser (as Sebastian Roche)
Kata Dobó
Redhead at Ludwig's (as Kata Dobo)
Elma Vann
Escort Service Woman Linda
Olga Morgunova
Escort Service Woman #2 (as Olga Morgounova)
Dorit Sauer
Escort Service Woman #3
Haik Garibyan
Emigrant
Marco Khan
Emigrant (as Marco Kahn)
Toni Kalem
Woman at Planet Hollywood
Jorge H. Guzman
Bouncer at Planet Hollywood
Lennox Brown
Lookout Guy
George Poulos
Greek Waiter
Peter Arnett
Himself
Sylvia Lopez
TV Newscaster #1 (as Sylvia Lopez Ferullo)
Bryan Foster
Hawkins' Cameraman
Alan Cohen
Hawkins' Sound Man
Spero Stamboulis
Nicolette's Cameraman
Joseph Alfieri
Reporter
Barry Primus
Cab Driver
Julieta Espinoza
Unique's Girlfriend
Brantley Bush
Fireman
Macy Merced
Paramedic #1
Tracey Mulqueen
Paramedic #2
Scott Dillin
Battery Park Policeman (as Scotty Dillin)
Dominic Maglione
Police Officer #1
Ron Wall
Police Officer #2
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
(unconfirmed)
Dwayne Adway
Additional voices (voice) (uncredited)
Sophia Alexis
Witness (uncredited)
Michael Arthur
NYPD #2 (uncredited)
William H. Burns
Uniformed Cop (uncredited)
Jamie Burton-Oare
Reporter (uncredited)
Giovanni Capitello
Police Officer (uncredited)
Phillip V. Caruso
Arguing Husband (uncredited)
Mark Cheek
Cameraman (uncredited)
Rose Colasanti
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Ben Fiore
Police Officer (uncredited)
Celeste Gregoire
Girl in Restaurant (uncredited)
Zuhair Haddad
Airport Passenger (uncredited)
Everton Lawrence
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Janean Christine Mariani
Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
Riley G. Matthews Jr.
NYPD Police Officer (uncredited)
George F. Miller
TV News Reporter (uncredited)
Leda Mulholland
Reporter (uncredited)
Floyd Resnick
NYPD Officer at Ludwig's (uncredited)
Erica Taylor
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Ellen Whyte
Woman #2 at Planet Hollywood (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
To prepare him for filming, director John Herzfeld told Oleg Taktarov to watch On the Waterfront (1954), Spartacus (1960), East of Eden (1955), The Third Man (1949) and Moby Dick (1956).
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Graham Knuttel, the Dublin-born artist, was paid £50,000 for a canvas which was destroyed in the film. The producers wanted the movie to be as realistic as possible, and so ordered the artwork to be destroyed in one scene.
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Charlize Theron appeared for free, as a "thank you" to John Herzfeld for giving her the breakthrough role in 2 Days in the Valley (1996).
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Goofs
Nicolette's lipstick disappears after she and Eddie kiss, then reappears later in the same scene.
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When the Emil and the Oleg are in the diner, the length of the ash at the end of the Emil's cigarette gets longer.
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At the beginning of the film, Robert Hawkins (Kelsey Grammer) is in a high-rise building (across from Times Square in NYC) talking to a woman sitting at a desk. They show him talking and the left side of his belt is on the outside of his coat. In the next shot his belt is back under his coat.
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Quotes
Eddie Flemming: I think I smell fire across the street.
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Oleg Razgul: [after filming Slovak shooting Korfin] Perfect! Cut! Print!
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Robert Hawkins: Hard to believe... watch.
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Faq
Q
Why is this film called 15 minutes?
A
It refers to the Andy Warhol's suggestion that one day, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes of their lives. In this case, the two killers try and get famous through the media by claiming insanity.
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Photos from cast
Charlize Theron Kim Cattrall Jane Velez-Mitchell
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