15 Minutes Page #4

Synopsis: 15 Minutes is a 2001 American action crime thriller film starring Robert De Niro and Edward Burns. Its story revolves around a homicide detective (De Niro) and a fire marshal (Burns) who team up to stop a pair of Eastern European murderers (Karel Roden and Oleg Taktarov) who are 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."
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Production: New Line Cinema
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
R
Year:
2001
120 min
$24,160,216
Website
919 Views


EXT. SPANISH HARLEM - DAY

Eddie's car pulls up. Eddie, Leon and Hawkins get out.

HAWKINS:

So what's unique?

EDDIE:

Not what. Who.

Eddie passes Hawkins a Polaroid - of a woman on a bed -

covered in blood.

EDDIE (CONT'D)

He's from Antigua. His girlfriend was

taking too long to put her make-up on.

they were late for a party. Stabbed her

with a beer bottle.

HAWKINS:

That's unique.

EDDIE:

Yeah. And he still went to the party.

Leon moves to a LOOKOUT - gives him a twenty.

LOOKOUT:

Top floor. Back room.

EDDIE:

Yeah. I make big cases, they make the

news and I look good. But the problem

with becoming a star is downtown. They

shoot at stars. Now be quiet. Shhh.

As they reach the doorway - Eddie surprises two crackheads.

Waves them off. They hurry away.

EDDIE (CONT'D)

I hope this prick doesn't run. My knees

are killing me. Stay behind me.

HAWKINS:

You're worried for my safety. I'm

touched.

Eddie flattens against the building - watches Unique descend

the fire escape.

HAWKINS (CONT'D)

Ready?

EDDIE:

Keep them out of my way.

HAWKINS:

Okay. You ready?

EDDIE:

Yeah, yeah. Jesus.

Eddie closes in.

HAWKINS:

(into his cell phone)

COME ON! COME ON! YOU F***ING GUYS,

LET'S MOVE IT!

Unique is climbing down the fire escape - before he gets to

the bottom, Leon bursts through a door behind him and kicks

the fire escape, sending Unique flying into the alley. Where

he lands dropping his gun.

Eddie pulls him off the ground as Leon scoops the gun up.

EDDIE:

What's your rush? Going to a party?

UNIQUE:

Why you chasin' me, man?

EDDIE:

I don't know. You always come outta

your house that way?

UNIQUE:

It's not my house, man. I don't live

here.

EDDIE:

Well, sounds like burglary to me.

Leon cuffs Unique who recognizes Eddie.

UNIQUE:

I know you man.

An unmarked van comes tearing into the scene. Disgorges a

mini-cam team that starts filming but they missed the bust.

HAWKINS:

(to Eddie)

Any chance we can do that again?

EDDIE:

Again? I didn't wanna do it the first

time.

EXT. EAST SIDE - LATE DAY

The cab is in front of an old five-story brownstone. Oleg

gets the bags out of the trunk as Emil tucks the envelope

into his jacket, then steps up to the old building. He looks

back at Oleg - who's VIDEOTAPING him.

EMIL:

Turn that off! Get the bags.

OLEG:

Why should I carry your bag? I am not a

dog.

EMIL:

For five years I paid for your

stupidness - you'll carry my bag for the

rest of my life if I say so.

(challenging)

Unless you refuse, Oleg.

Oleg looks at Emil. Even though Oleg is stronger than Emil,

he fears him. He picks up both bags. Emil searches the

occupant list over the buzzers to the apartment building.

EMIL (CONT'D)

There. 5RW.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

John Herzfeld

John Herzfeld is an American film and television director, screenwriter, actor and producer. His feature film directing credits include Two of a Kind, 2 Days in the Valley, 15 Minutes and The Death and Life of Bobby Z. more…

All John Herzfeld scripts | John Herzfeld Scripts

0 fans

Submitted by aviv on October 30, 2016

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "15 Minutes" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/15_minutes_317>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    15 Minutes

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.