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Pacific Heights (1990)

28/09/1990 (US)Thriller, Drama, Mystery1h 42m
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They were the perfect couple, buying the perfect house. Until a perfect stranger moved into their lives.

Overview

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Melanie Griffith

      Melanie Griffith

      Patty Palmer

    2. Matthew Modine

      Matthew Modine

      Drake Goodman

    3. Michael Keaton

      Michael Keaton

      Carter Hayes / James Danforth

    4. Mako

      Mako

      Toshio Watanabe

    5. Nobu McCarthy

      Nobu McCarthy

      Mira Watanabe

    6. Laurie Metcalf

      Laurie Metcalf

      Stephanie MacDonald

    7. Carl Lumbly

      Carl Lumbly

      Lieutenant Lou Baker

    8. Dorian Harewood

      Dorian Harewood

      Dennis

    9. Luca Bercovici

      Luca Bercovici

      Greg

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    A review by John Chard

    6.5.0
    Written by John Chard on Nov 15, 2014

    Pacific Heights – Low Human. Pacific Heights is directed by John Schlesinger and written by Daniel Pyne. It stars Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, Laurie Metcalf and Mako. Music is by Hans Zimmer and cinematography by Amir M. Mokri. Young couple Patty and Drake plough all their resources into buying a large house in the affluent Pacific Heights area of San Francisco. With two apartments to rent they think their numbers have come in when they manage to find tenants for both. But one man, the mysterious Carter Hayes (Keaton), soon proves to be anything but the perfect tena...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$18,000,000.00

    Revenue$55,000,000.00

    Keywords

    • cheating
    • san francisco, california
    • psychopath
    • staircase
    • attempted murder
    • con man
    • ladder
    • lodger
    • neighbor
    • home ownership
    • aggressive
    • cautionary
    • egotistical
    • antagonistic
    • callous
    • frightened