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Pacific Heights [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC) | ![Pacific Heights [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71GZ9HQNFQL._SL160_.gif)
 enlarge | Director: John Schlesinger
Actors: Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, Michael Keaton, Mako, Nobu Mccarthy
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
Buy New: £3.92
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 18199
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 102
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARD17247D
ISBN: 0790747014
UPC: 085391724728
EAN: 9780790747019
ASIN: B00002E23C
Theatrical Release Date: September 28, 1990
Release Date: December 28, 1999
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Ships from the USA, please allow 10-14 days for delivery. Region 1 encoding requires a North American or multi-region DVD player and NTSC compatible TV. Over 2,000,000 satisfied customers worldwide.
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Ever a had neighbour from hell? You know, the one who never cleans, makes too much noise at night with his jigsaw and breeds cockroaches and pumps them into your apartment? Never have? Well, pump up your paranoia with this outlandish if mildly enjoyable thriller starring Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine as San Francisco yuppies-cum-landlords who rent out an apartment in their Pacific Heights house to mild-mannered Michael Keaton in order to make the mortgage payment. What seems like a happy arrangement all around turns hellish when (a) Keaton refuses to pay the rent;(b) firmly entrenches himself in the apartment thanks to some legal manoeuvring; and (c) starts playing with the cockroaches. Ostensibly, Keaton wants to drive Griffith and Modine to bankruptcy and then pick up their fab Victorian house for cheap but as is the way of all thrillers, he's got a sadistic and homicidal bent to back up his real-estate envy. Director John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy) manipulates the thrills somewhat effectively, if not gratuitously, especially with Griffith's damsel-in-distress character, turning on the tension in the don't-go-to-the-attic/garage/basement set pieces. Part of the problem of the film lies in its schizophrenic tone: one moment it's a what's-in-the-dark? thriller, at other times a nifty cat-and-mouse game of psychological wills between Keaton and his landlords. Both sides of the movie are effective in their own right, and Keaton is a great psycho, but Schlesinger doesn't quite bring it together, despite a considerably amped-up climax. Still, if the sight of a beautiful house being slowly destroyed is your idea of the ultimate horror, you'll be chilled to the bone. Look for Griffith's mother, Tippi Hedren of The Birds fame, in a cameo role. --Mark Englehart
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Keaton as Carte Hayes delivers a chilling performance June 25, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine portray a young couple wanting to make a real estate investment, so they purchase a Pacific Heights building, and proceed to renovate it. They are not yet married. Griffith still looked good here (prior recent surgeries) Matt Modine is also a sympathetic character.
There is a brief cameo with Beverly D'Angelo, who does not have enough of a part. She usually adds something to most films she is in. Keaton is a mysterious tenant, who offers Modine an all cash deposit and drives late model Jaguar. Although there were several other eligible tenants, Modine opts for Keaton as he seems to have a lot of cash, and is reliable (The operative phrase here is "seems to be").
Basically strange occurrences crop up, Keaton is a sort of con-man, with some added psychopathology thrown in. Laurie Metcalf in a brief role as their attorney, informs Modine that he cannot just throw the psychotic tenant out. The law protects the tenant. While some of the incidents are a bit unbelievable, the story is suspenseful and holds your interest.
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