[techweenie]

Z-man, in the George Pal WotW, they did show the alien -- in the farmhouse.

It wasn't the long, lingering look Spielberg gave us, but it was there.

There are too many spoilers in my comments. I put a review of the movie up on IMDB, along with several hundred other people, and the general tone of the reviews is pretty negative.

Great source material, and I think Speilberg could have done much better if he hadn't been so focused on putting in scenes that would translate into theme park rides.