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Fenêtre sur Pacifique

Original title: Pacific Heights
  • 1990
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
24K
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Fenêtre sur Pacifique (1990)
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Psychological ThrillerDramaMysteryThriller

San Francisco yuppies restore a costly Victorian home, then rent a studio to a landlord's nightmare.San Francisco yuppies restore a costly Victorian home, then rent a studio to a landlord's nightmare.San Francisco yuppies restore a costly Victorian home, then rent a studio to a landlord's nightmare.

  • Director
    • John Schlesinger
  • Writer
    • Daniel Pyne
  • Stars
    • Melanie Griffith
    • Matthew Modine
    • Michael Keaton
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    24K
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    • Director
      • John Schlesinger
    • Writer
      • Daniel Pyne
    • Stars
      • Melanie Griffith
      • Matthew Modine
      • Michael Keaton
    • 145User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Melanie Griffith
    Melanie Griffith
    • Patty Palmer
    Matthew Modine
    Matthew Modine
    • Drake Goodman
    Michael Keaton
    Michael Keaton
    • Carter Hayes…
    Mako
    Mako
    • Toshio Watanabe
    Nobu McCarthy
    Nobu McCarthy
    • Mira Watanabe
    Laurie Metcalf
    Laurie Metcalf
    • Stephanie MacDonald
    Carl Lumbly
    Carl Lumbly
    • Lieutenant Lou Baker
    Dorian Harewood
    Dorian Harewood
    • Dennis Reed
    Luca Bercovici
    Luca Bercovici
    • Greg
    Tippi Hedren
    Tippi Hedren
    • Florence Peters
    Sheila McCarthy
    Sheila McCarthy
    • Liz Hamilton
    Guy Boyd
    Guy Boyd
    • Warning Cop
    Jerry Hardin
    Jerry Hardin
    • Bennett Fidlow
    Dan Hedaya
    Dan Hedaya
    • Loan Officer
    James Staley
    James Staley
    • District Attorney Henry
    Miriam Margolyes
    Miriam Margolyes
    • Realtor
    Luis Oropeza
    • Revilla
    F. William Parker
    • Judge Mitchell Black
    • Director
      • John Schlesinger
    • Writer
      • Daniel Pyne
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    User reviews145

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    6view_and_review

    Art Imitates Life

    Sometimes art imitates life and truth is stranger than fiction. I say that because last year four homeless women in Oakland, California squatted in a vacant house and refused to leave. They called themselves Moms4Housing and they made a mini-movement out of their theft. Instead of being summarily evicted from the house, the matter had to go to court. Their claim was that housing is a human right and since this home was vacant they had a right to it. The whole ordeal took about five months or so to be settled with the court ruling in favor of the company that owned the home. In this case, the owner of the home was a business that could afford to go to court and wasn't pressed for an immediate need of the house.

    Which brings us to "Pacific Heights." A man by the name of Carson Hayes (Michael Keaton) simply moved into a vacant unit in a Victorian home in San Francisco without paying money and without permission. Due to the tenant-favoring laws, Drake (Matthew Modine) and Patty (Melanie Griffith) could not simply kick Carson out. They had to go through a lengthy and costly process to remove him which cost them all their savings and nearly their lives.

    Carson wasn't a rent paying tenant whose rent just got jacked up by 50%, nor was he a rent paying tenant that was being evicted for some arbitrary reason, he was a slick con man that found a loophole in the system that protected his conniving con.

    This was a tense movie in which you hoped to learn what Carson's motives were and what was his end game. The onion was peeled back a little, but I was never really satisfied with the explanation.

    Michael Keaton was strong as the antagonist. This was back when he was crushing it on screen with movies like "BeetleJuice" and "Batman." Matthew Modine and Melanie Griffith were weak castings. I must admit, I think Melanie is a weak casting in anything, but she was an especially weak casting in this movie.

    The story itself and the pacing was good. I liked it as a suspense thriller, but whatever the intent of the writer was, I don't think the cities in the S.F. Bay Area heard him.
    7Tito-8

    Flawed, but good enough

    This film didn't completely win me over like I was hoping it would, but some solid acting, a good premise, and a few clever scenes made it worthwhile. There was never anything particularly suspenseful about the film, and you pretty much know who will win by the end, but the loathesome Michael Keaton character helped to keep me interested throughout. There were also a few things that especially annoyed me, including the terminally stupid Matthew Modine character, but this movie just has too many positives for me to dwell on the negatives. It's by no means perfect, but it's an effective thriller nonetheless.
    7slightlymad22

    Michael Keaton Is The Movies Saving Grace

    An unusual choice for Michael Keaton to follow up his first "Batman" movie with him going from hero and to outright villain.

    Plot In A Paragraph: Drake Goodman (Modine) and Patty Palmer (Griffith)an unmarried couple, purchase an expensive 19th-century house in the exclusive Pacific Heights neighbourhood. They rent one of the building's two first-floor apartments to the Watanabes, a kindly Japanese couple. Not long after, Carter Hayes (Keaton) visits to view the remaining vacant unit and immediately expresses a desire to move in. Hayes drives an expensive Porsche and carries large amounts of cash on him. He convinces Drake to waive the credit check in exchange for a list of personal references and an upfront payment of the first six months' rent, to be paid by wire transfer. Before any of that happens he moves in unannounced and refuses to leave.

    Melanie Griffith whilst looking great is awful acting wise, and Matthew Modine had me questioning how this man forged a career as an actor. Some of my main annoyances came from his character, and I had my concerns that he may end up being the real psycho, but his performance really was dire.

    It's Keaton as the villain of the piece, who shines and gives the movie it's best scenes. Tippi Hedren and Dan Hedaya have small roles and Beverley D'Angelo has an uncredited role as a former lover/business partner of Carter's. I'm not sure why she is uncredited though.
    6Uriah43

    Featuring a Dark and Sinister Villain

    This movie begins with a man named "Carter Hays" (Michael Keaton) in bed with a woman when suddenly the door bursts open and two men enter and proceed to beat him with a baseball bat. The film then shifts to a man by the name of "Drake Goodman" (Matthew Modine) and his girlfriend "Patty Parker" (Melanie Griffith) buying a large Victorian house with the intent on renting some of the rooms out in order to help pay off their sizeable mortgage. Unfortunately, one of the first people to apply for a rent is Carter who convinces Drake to forgo the usual procedures and disregard the normal paperwork. Big mistake--as from that point on Drake's life quickly spirals out-of-control due to Carter's evil manipulations. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this is the type of film that is was an interesting movie for the most part which included a good performance by Michael Keaton as the dark and sinister villain. On the other hand, the repeated violent outbursts of Drake got a bit old after the first time or two and ruined any sympathy I might have had for him. Even so, although this isn't a film that I would want to see more than once or twice, it was good enough for the time spent and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
    9rinkedo

    Pacific Heights is Educational

    Pacific Heights is required viewing in all Apartment Management courses in San Diego County. It is a chilling tale of decent but uneducated and unprepared new owners with a dream unknowingly up against a seasoned player in the professional renter game. This viewing requirement is one of the tools used to introduce starry-eyed management newcomers to the harsh and not-so-easily apparent world of the sick, the dangerous and the sue-happy portion of the rental market who will try to get the management stripped of all their personal assets and possessions, fired and possibly jailed, who work diligently to get the owner's property away from him/her, and who have no objection to going down as long as they can take others with them. Great movie.

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    • Trivia
      Screenwriter Daniel Pyne once rented an apartment to a tenant that he could not evict. The film was inspired by this scenario.
    • Goofs
      The policeman quotes an entirely non-factual law to Drake about a tenant having rights just because a tenant physically enters a building, even at the time the movie was made. No tenant has any legal right to remain on the premises of a single-family or multiple-family dwelling in any state without payment, and furthermore, because of Carter Hayes destructive acts (e.g., releasing the cockroaches and physical damage to the unit), Drake had more than enough good cause to have Carter forcibly evicted, either by the City of San Francisco police or the San Francisco County sheriff.
    • Quotes

      Amy: Patty?

      Patty Palmer: Yeah?

      Amy: Do you mind if I ask you why you're selling? I mean, you've done so much to this place. You've obviously put your heart in it.

      Patty Palmer: [Ironically] No, not really. It was just an investment.

    • Crazy credits
      Melanie Griffith's character Patty Palmer is credited as Patty Parker in the credits.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Green Fog (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Vivaldi: Summer - The Four Seasons
      Music by Antonio Vivaldi (uncredited)

      Performed by Pinchas Zukerman (as Pinchas Zuckerman) and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (as The Israeli Philharmonic)

      Courtesy of Deutsche Gramaphon, a division of PolyGram Classics, Inc.

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    • Release date
      • January 30, 1991 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • De repente, un extraño
    • Filming locations
      • Potrero Hill, San Francisco, California, USA(1243 19th St, San Francisco, CA 94107)
    • Production company
      • Morgan Creek Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $18,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $29,381,956
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,912,637
      • Sep 30, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $44,926,706
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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