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Pacific Heights
They were the perfect couple, buying the perfect house. Until a perfect stranger moved into their lives.
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.
- Original title
- Pacific Heights
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Revenue
- $55,000,000
John Chard
Nov 15, 2014 · via TMDB
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 tenant… There are twin terrors at work here, one is the tenant from hell, the other is the laws that protect him as he manipulates the system to its very stupid core. The makers do a very good job of making the film unsettling throughout, the ghastly menace who invades someone’s home and holds all the ace cards is a constant terrifying presence. Schlesinger for two thirds of the piece crafts a tightly wound thriller, unfortunately it just gets too daft for its own good as the cat and mousery reaches the culmination of plotting. Keaton is great, expanding upon the dark part of Bruce Wayne portrayal to be scarily smooth and convincing. Griffith is good value as well, and it’s great to see a female character showing great resourcefulness, but both actors are let down by Pyne’s screenplay in the last third where the psycho versus good lady section is too far fetched. Whilst Modine isn’t a good enough actor to pull off the furious husband act. A mixed bag, but mostly it beats a good thriller heart to keep it above average. 6.5/10
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Melanie Griffith
Patty Palmer
Matthew Modine
Drake Goodman
Michael Keaton
Carter Hayes
Mako
Toshio Watanabe
Nobu McCarthy
Mira Watanabe
Laurie Metcalf
Stephanie MacDonald
Carl Lumbly
Lieutenant Lou Baker
Dorian Harewood
Dennis
Luca Bercovici
Greg
Tippi Hedren
Florence Peters
Sheila McCarthy
Liz Hamilton
Guy Boyd
Warning Cop
Jerry Hardin
Bennett Fidlow
Dan Hedaya
Loan Officer
James Staley
District Attorney Henry
Miriam Margolyes
Realtor
Takayo Fischer
Bank Teller
F. William Parker
Judge Mitchell Black
Nicholas Pryor
Hotel Front Office Manager Neil Spisak
Tony Simotes
Desk Clerk Victor
O-Lan Jones
Motel Maid Patricia
Seth Isler
Sergeant Bobby Amato
Dabbs Greer
Mr. Thayer
Florence Sundstrom
Mrs. Thayer
Noel Evangelisti
Mrs. Smith
Nick Rutherford
Child
Tom Nolan
Bank Teller
Hal Landon Jr.
2nd Deputy Sheriff
Hy Anzell
Locksmith Manford Bagel
Tracey Walter
Exterminator
William Paterson
Mr. Hill
D.W. Moffett
Bill
Barbara Tyson
Amy
Bud Ekins
Thug
Danny Wynands
Thug
David Lloyd Wilson
Television Host
Matthew Flint
Neighbor
Alice Barden
Neighbor
Tohoru Masamune
Neighbor
Linda Austin
Neighbor
Beverly D'Angelo
Ann Miller (uncredited)
John Schlesinger
Man in Elevator (uncredited)
Michael Marcus
Art Direction
Sharon Seymour
Art Direction
Neil Spisak
Production Design
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Amir Mokri
Director of Photography
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Chad Randall
Stunts
Debby Porter
Stunts
Gary Epper
Stunts
Matt McColm
Stunts
Shane Dixon
Stunts
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw
Stunts
John Schlesinger
Director
Nathalie Vadim
Second Assistant Director
Steven Ramirez
Editor
Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting
Emily Schweber
Casting Associate
David Nicksay
Co-Executive Producer
Gary Barber
Co-Executive Producer
Dennis E. Jones
Co-Producer
James G. Robinson
Executive Producer
Joe Roth
Executive Producer
Scott Rudin
Producer
Dennis E. Jones
Production Manager
Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
Daniel Pyne
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