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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
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • 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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    7shattenjager777

    The last 10 minutes

    William Goldman says that the last 15 minutes are the most important of any movie and that's what saves what is otherwise a sometimes fascinating but often dull film in "Pacific Heights."

    The plot line is fairly interesting but feels rather drawn out through most of the film, until the fantastic ending pulls out all the stops and turns the film into something good. The writing in general is a bit contrived and the dialogue fairly wooden, but it isn't quite enough to destroy the film even early.

    The acting is very uneven, led by a terrible Melanie Griffith and a middling performance by Matthew Modine in terms of screen time, but certainly controlled by the fantastic performance of Michael Keaton, one of the world's greatest actors. Keaton is especially fantastic in the final sequence, from his charming act with the old woman to his harrowing, venemous final scene there is a complete change in who he is and it is all the more frightening and powerful for the juxtaposition.

    Schlesinger's direction, besides Keaton's performance, is probably the saving grace of the film. He manages to inject a beautiful dark style to the film that the script rather lacks but seems to want while also keeping us in a blunt reality with the plain, simple outdoor shots. His use of lighting and well-chosen camera angles wonderfully play up the situation.

    Overall, "Pacific Heights" is a middling film with a fantastic performance by Michael Keaton and good direction by John Schlesinger that turns into something better with its fantastic, surprising, venemously satisfying ending. If you watch it, though, don't give up on it 'til it's over.
    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.
    rycarson

    underrated film

    I saw this movie again recently, and I have to say that upon reconsideration I think this film is a bit underrated. There are a few deeper sociological issues being explored here that I perceive but are quite subtle in their appearance in the film.

    It is a study about the law to some degree, and it has some critical things to say about the ability for one who knows the law and its loopholes and thus exploits others with tools that were originally intended to preserve civil society. Keaton plays a psycho, but one who is highly educated and quite adept at his craft of fraud and deceit.

    Further, Modine's character is irrational, befuddled, and ultimately marginalized. I wonder if the director took some liberties with him (as this is a true story, I don't know everything about the real person he portrays) to bring out a few of his close-minded tendencies that may have contributed to the awful situation in which he finds himself. Obviously, there is the closet racism which keeps him from renting to a black man (this is thrown in the viewer's face later and is quite obvious), but there is also the way he perceives a man's role as the solver of problems and his wife as nothing more than a spectator.

    That she ends up being the one to calmly and coolly affect a search for and investigate Keaton's character, assaults the traditional notions of a man's role as a protector. Her temperament is ultimately more appropriate for the solution to the problem, and I think it is no accident that the director portrays it in this way.
    8SmileysWorld

    Keaton shines as the villain!

    Prior to this film,we only saw Michael Keaton in comedic,and good guy roles.In Pacific Heights,he proves to us that he is not afraid to turn on us and be the bad guy.Keaton is excellent as Carter Hayes,the worst kind of no account,as he knows how to stay just out of reach of the law. The character is very similar to that of Max Cady in Cape Fear,though Cady is the far more memorable of the two.Carter Hayes is a nightmarish tenant wreaking havoc on the lives of his helpless landlords,wonderfully played by Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine.I consider this film to be an overlooked classic that never really got the attention it deserved,perhaps because no one wanted to see Keaton,particularly after his Batman success,as a villain.Those looking for a modern day "Hitchcock-esque" thriller will find a winner here.Thumbs up!

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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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