Tinseltown- As if the race for President wasn’t hot enough.

On Oct. 5, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment will release the DVD version of the blockbuster anti-Bush documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11.”

Arriving just weeks before Election Day, filmmaker Michael Moore’s tirade will unleash a last offensive on the Republican Party by including previously deleted scenes.

The DVD, which sells for $28.95, will also feature new footage of Condoleeza Rice’s testimony before the 9/11 Commission and of a press conference held by President Bush after he and Vice President Cheney testified before commission members at the White House.

“We are looking to make this as successful on DVD as it has been in the theaters,” says Tracey Garvin, vice president of marketing at Columbia TriStar. The film, still in theaters, has grossed more than $115 million since its release in June and broke the box-office record for a regular-format documentary.

Moore’s last film, the Academy Award-winning “Bowling for Columbine,” pulled in $12 million on home video.

“October is a great time to release the film because it is prior to … the election,” says Garvin. Reluctant to comment on the influence the DVD might have on indecisive voters in those vital weeks before ballots are cast, Garvin adds, “We are the distributors. We can’t speak to the political aspects of the film.”

However, the Republican National Committee sure can, and it is firing back with a filmic partisan plea of its own.

During the Democratic Convention in Boston, the GOP premiered a documentary called “Kerry on Iraq.” The 12-minute, 15-second film explores the Democratic candidate’s views on the war.

“Maybe they will consider distributing ‘Kerry on Iraq’ with ‘Fahrenheit 9/11,'” says Heather Layman, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, noting that over 5 million people have viewed the free film at www.kerryoniraq.com.

“That way, people can see John Kerry’s ever-changing views on Iraq for themselves.”