R.P.M. Format:DVD a science-fiction classic rife with

a science-fiction classic rife with paranoia and set in England's tiny Midwich

She lodges with Dick and Martha (John Bird and Sheila Hancock)

Using cutting-edge technology

After a series of mishaps

The future looks rosy until a sudden hurricane literally washes the whole enterprise away on opening night

R.P.M. Format:DVD a science-fiction classic rife withStanley Kramer had a knack for tackling stories where social change is the background for compelling drama on a personal level, as in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and The Defiant Ones. In R. P. M. the politics are more overt, and Kramer deftly takes on the counter culture of the late '60s to explore how change impacts the individual. Anthony Quinn is the liberal and well regarded college professor in a period of increasing radicalism. His students