15 Minutes (US)

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Certificate: R
Running Time: 121 mins
Retail Price: $26.98
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Today, there are just three requirements for murder: the motive, the means and the media. Robert DeNiro and Edward Burns pack serious heat in this supercharged action-thriller.

When two Eastern European criminals decide that the fastest route to fame and fortune in the U.S. is infamy, they embark on a vicious, headline-grabbing killing rampage. Hot on their trail are a veteran homicide detective (Robert DeNiro) and a young arson investigator (Edward Burns). Against a frenzied backdrop of tabloid TV and justice gone mad, they are drawn into the killers` explosive game of cat and mouse as the mean streets of New York erupt into a battlefield.

Co-starring Kelsey Grammer (TV`s Frasier) and Melina Kanakaredes (TV`s Providence), 15 Minutes is "a sheer adrenaline rush" (Movieline) that will leave you breathless!

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Documentary: 15 Minutes Of TrueTabloid Stars
Documentary: Does Crime Pay?
Fact Track - Trivia Subtitle Track with Direct Access to Additional Features
Feature-Length Audio Commentary with Director John Herzfeld
Deleted Scenes with Director Commentary
"Oleg`s Videos" - Video Footage Captured from the Actor`s Perspective
God Lives Underwater Music Video: "Fame"
Original Theatrical Trailer

DVD-ROM Features:
Script-To-Screen Access to the Film
Link To Original Website
Exclusive Access To On-Line Infinifilm Features

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 English

Subtitle Tracks:
CC: English

Directed By:
John Herzfeld

Written By:
John Herzfeld

Starring:
Karel Roden
Melina Kanakaredes
Avery Brooks
Kelsey Grammer
Edward Burns
Robert De Niro

Casting By:
Mindy Marin

Soundtrack By:
J. Peter Robinson
Anthony Marinelli

Director of Photography:
Jean-Yves Escoffier

Editor:
Steven Cohen

Costume Designer:
April Ferry

Production Designer:
Mayne Schuyler Berke

Producer:
Nick Wechsler
John Herzfeld
David Gaines
James M. Freitag
David Blocker
Keith Addis

Executive Producer:
Claire Rudnick Polstein

Distributor:
New Line Productions

Your Opinions and Comments

7 / 10

A long, boring and disappointing thriller, that despite the ambitious cast, lacks a decent script.
The video transfer is very good. There are no compression signs and the picture looks just great. Take a look at the 1:05:00 mark for some beautiful saturated colors.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is good. While there are several action scenes, the surrounds are not particularly active.
The menus are all animated with sound.
The extras include a commentary, 2 featurettes about the nature of the American media, 6 deleted scenes, 2 hand-held camera takes of 2 scenes in the movie and a music video.
This disk uses a new "Infinifilm" method which allows you to interact with the movie. Pretty nice, though in this case, it doesn`t help the boring movie.
Bottom line - a boring movie that is accompanied by a great looking disk.

posted by Zvi Josef on 26/8/2001 22:14

4 / 10

Putrid rubbish

posted by Richard73 on 5/12/2001 00:24

9 / 10

unlike the other reviews i thought that the film was quite good,the only thing that was stupid was to include some really
violent scenes apart from that the film is fine,the film is also
bumbed up with the infini film and some decent extras,the picture and sound are excellent

posted by verhoeven on 6/1/2002 09:26