- published: 05 Apr 2016
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15 Minutes is a 2001 American action thriller film starring Robert De Niro and Edward Burns. Its story revolves around a homicide detective and a fire marshal who team up to stop a pair of Eastern European murderers who are videotaping their crimes in order to become rich and famous. The film also stars Melina Kanakaredes and Kelsey Grammer. The title is a reference to the Andy Warhol quotation, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."
The film begins with Emil Slovak (Karel Roden) and Oleg Razgul (Oleg Taktarov) arriving in America. They were former criminals and after getting out of prison have come to the U.S. to claim their part of a bank heist in Russia (or somewhere in Czech Republic). Within minutes of arriving, Oleg steals a video camera. They go to the run down apartment of their old partner and demand their share. He doesn't have it so Emil stabs him and his wife to death, as Oleg tapes it with the camera. The couple's friend, Czech immigrant Daphne Handlova (Vera Farmiga), covertly witnesses the murders from the bathroom, but she escapes before they can get her too. To hide the crime, Emil burns down the apartment.
Fifteen minutes, that's all you get
One quarter hour, to get it all together
That's nine hundred seconds to make
your bed
Fifteen minutes to show the world
You think you're something, that's what it's like
The one and only, the centre of attention
You're on you're high horse,
then you're on your bike
'Cos you've got fifteen minutes to show
the world
Fifteen minutes to show the world
Blow me kisses forever
Show me this is a love forever
Well, there's been some misunderstanding,
but that don't bother you
You never let it get you down, you can show
them all next time around
Swallow this sound bite, you won't have time
to chew
'Cos you've got fifteen minutes to show
the world
That's fifteen minutes to show the world
Feed me honey I'll live forever
Throw me money I'll live forever
Fifteen minutes, that's all you get
One quarter hour, to get it all together
That's nine hundred seconds to make
your bed
And don't go hesitating
'Cos someone else is waiting for his
Fifteen minutes
Fifteen minutes
Fifteen minutes to show the world