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Pacific Heights is a 1990 American psychological thriller directed by John Schlesinger. Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine play a couple who buy and renovate a San Francisco house, then rent part of it to Carter Hayes, portrayed by Michael Keaton. Hayes manipulates the landlords, exploits weaknesses in the tenancy arrangement, and escalates from financial and legal pressure to physical danger. The film uses a property dispute to examine fraud, control, and the vulnerability of people who become landlords without understanding the risks.
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What is Pacific Heights about?
Pacific Heights follows a couple who buy and renovate a San Francisco house, then rent part of it to Carter Hayes. Hayes manipulates the landlords and turns the rental arrangement into a psychological nightmare.
Who plays Carter Hayes in Pacific Heights?
Michael Keaton plays Carter Hayes, the tenant who terrorizes the property owners. Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine play the couple who own the house.
Who directed Pacific Heights?
John Schlesinger directed Pacific Heights. The film was released in 1990 as an American psychological thriller.
Is Pacific Heights a home-invasion movie?
It is better described as a psychological thriller about a dangerous tenant and a collapsing landlord-tenant relationship. The threat grows through manipulation, property damage, and legal pressure rather than beginning as a conventional forced break-in.
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