15 Minutes Movie Review 2001

New York cop and publicity hound De Niro teams up with arson investigator Burns to hunt down a couple of violent criminals who are videotaping their crimes for celebrity purposes. Is writer/director Herzfeld exploring our culture's fascination with violence, nihilism, and fame, or just using images of those ideas to sell tickets? Most likely it's the latter, but either way, Warhol would probably approve. Grammer tries his hand at playing the sleazy, Jerry Springerish shock-TV host, and mostly pulls it off.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 120 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Crime Drama, Look Ma! I'm on TV!, New York, New York, Police Detectives, Crime Sprees, News at 11, Firemen

Screenplay

John Herzfeld

Cast

Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks, Melina Kanakaredes, Vera Farmiga, Karel Roden, Oleg Taktarov, John DiResta, James Handy, Darius McCrary, Charlize Theron, Kim Cattrall, David Alan Grier

Cinematography

Jean-Yves Escoffier

Director

John Herzfeld

Music

Anthony Marinelli, J. Peter Robinson

Other

Kim Harris Ornitz, Steven Cohen, Jess Gonchor, April Ferry, Mayne Berke

Producer

Nick Wechsler, Keith Addis, David Blocker, John Herzfeld, Tribeca Productions, Industry Entertainment, New Redemption, New Line Cinema