Pacific Heights (1990)
OCCASIONAL COARSE LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE
| Director: | John Schlesinger |
| Actors: | Melanie Griffith, Carl Lumbly, Michael Keaton, Matthew Modine, Dorian Harewood, Mako, Laurie Metcalf |
Patty and Drake want their downstairs tenant to pay the rent. He won't. They want him to leave. He won't. And the tenant, a sociopathic scam artist, has made sure he has the law on his side.
"Check All References" may be a landlord credo, and in the case of this jolting cat-and-mouse thriller, the references are impeccable. Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine play the over-mortgaged couple whose hope of keeping their renovated Victorian dream home depends on leasing the downstairs. Michael Keaton is Carter Hayes, a frighteningly dangerous nightmare who's out to claim the house for himself. And John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy) directs, lifting Pacific Heights to unsettling heights of palpable suspense.
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 102mins |
| Origin: | UNITED STATES |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.85 |
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Ruth C.
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Brett
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Shannon
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Michael Keaton as a malicious tenant. Aren't you scared just thinking about it?
John C.
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Libby
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Watch out all ye home renovators with over inflated mortgages. This is a really enjoyable thriller. Michael Keaton's bad guy is a class act, and look out for Tippi Hedren (mother of Melanie Griffith) in a cameo towards the end. This film is now sixteen years old but you'd never know it. Highly recommended.