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I did a movie marathon for Pacific Heights


I also did it with Pacific Heights, Unlawful Entry The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, One Hour Photo, Lakeview Terrace, and Cape Fear titled When Obsessive Strangers Terrorize Peoples Lives. Check out blog

http://mrbrownsweeklymarathons.blogspot.com/2016/10/when-strangers-obssess-over-families.html

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Can some kind soul refresh me on "Pacific Heights?" I seem to remember & believe it was never divulged why Keaton picked them & their house to harass & destroy. Am I mistaken?

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It never said why he picked them, but it was probably just unlucky timing on their part, trying to rent out an apartment and happened to cross paths with a con man. That was just what Keaton's character did; that was his running scam. That's why those two thugs beat him up in the very beginning of the movie - they were hired by the real Hayes, whose identity and apartment had been taken by Danforth (Keaton's character's real name) in the same manor. The fact that they owned a place in Pacific Heights was enough for him to know that they had the financial security he was looking for.

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