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Pacific Heights (1990) 6.2
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. Director:John SchlesingerWriter:Daniel Pyne |
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Cast
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| Matthew Modine | ... | ||
| Michael Keaton | ... | ||
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Toshio Watanabe
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Mira Watanabe
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| Laurie Metcalf | ... |
Stephanie MacDonald
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Lou Baker
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Dennis Reed
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Florence Peters
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Liz Hamilton
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Bennett Fidlow
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A yuppie couple buy a large house in an exclusive San Fransisco neighborhood. They renovate it and plan to rent two apartments on the first floor to cover the costs. A prosperous looking man moves in but is not the ideal tenant. He never pays any rent, drives the other tenants away and systematically ruins the lives of his landlords. Written by Jim Sadur <jsadur@keyflux.com>
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It seemed like the perfect house. He seemed like the perfect tenant. Until they asked him to leave. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
28 September 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Fremde Schatten See more »Filming Locations:
Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Box Office
Gross:
$29,381,956 (USA)Company Credits
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Dennis Reed: 750 grand, hunh? It's not a song - it's an opera.
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Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (uncredited)
Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy and The Philharmonia Orchestra
Courtesy of London Records, a division of PolyGram Classics, Inc.
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Trivia
In the original script, Carter was a bisexual who sexually threatens Drake and Patty. See more »Goofs
When the Watanabe's are explaining to Patty why they are breaking the lease, movers are taking furniture out of the front door of the house. However, a previous shot of the front of the house showed no moving truck, or any car, out in front. See more »Quotes
Drake Goodman: [Referring to the house] Whatta yuh think?Dennis Reed: 750 grand, hunh? It's not a song - it's an opera.
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Crazy Credits
Melanie Griffith's character Patty Palmer is credited as Patty Parker in the credits. See more »Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Pacific Heights/King of New York/Miller's Crossing/Texasville (1990) See more »Soundtracks
"MOZART: PIANO CONCERTO #19 IN F, K.459"Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (uncredited)
Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy and The Philharmonia Orchestra
Courtesy of London Records, a division of PolyGram Classics, Inc.
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This is one of the few films there are about being a property landlord(the other is 2003's "Duplex"). A young and naive couple(Modine and Griffith) are convinced to move into a building that they cannot afford and decide to rent out some rooms to help pay the mortgage. Predictibly, their perfect plan is destroyed by a seemingly respectable tenant(played well in a rare villain role by Michael Keaton) who ends up driving away other tenants and putting a strain on the couple's relationship with his increasingly erratic behavior.
The film is suspenseful right up until the last minute, but there were some problems. First, Modine's anger at the situation and Keaton seemed to escalate way too quickly. He simply flew off the handle at which could have been honest, simple mistakes on Keaton's part such as day or so late with the first rent payment. It may have been more effective if the tension built more slowly.
Overall, a pretty good film with good suspense and fairly good acting.