‘Aliens,’ ‘Fatal Attraction’ May Be Lengthened for Home Market

If you didn’t get enough of “Aliens” and “Fatal Attraction,” there may be more on the way. Extended versions of the two hit films may be released on video, according to the industry publication Video Insider.

The original director’s cut of “Aliens” was released by CBS/Fox in England last month. Titled “Aliens: The Special Edition,” the new version runs 17 minutes more than the original 137-minute tape now available in the United States. Most of the re-included footage fleshes out the motivations behind the risks heroine Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) takes to save the little girl Newt (Carrie Henn). While no firm date has been set, sources indicated that a U.S. video release is being prepared.

There are also rumors that before the end of the year Paramount may release the original director’s cut of “Fatal Attraction”--the one shown in Japan, though it proved too much of a downer for U.S. preview audiences. In this version, the character played by Glenn Close commits suicide and frames the character played by Michael Douglas for her murder.

Meanwhile, the not-special-editions of each violent film are already available on video.

On more certain ground, here are some upcoming videocassette-release dates: a letterboxed version of Steven Spielberg’s “Always,” (June 14, with laserdisc one week later), the controversial documentary “Roger & Me” (June 20), the Elvis Presley Western “Charro!” (June 20), the Fred Savage movie “The Wizard” (June 14), Milos Forman’s “Valmont” (sometime in July), Paul Mazursky’s “Enemies: A Love Story” (July 11), the Bob Hoskins-Denzel Washington comedy “Heart Condition” (June 13), the Robert De Niro-Sean Penn comedy “We’re No Angels” (June 26), the too-gross-for-an-R-rating “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover” (Aug. 29), plus two lambada movies--”Lambada” (June 6) and “The Forbidden Dance” (June 13).

THIS WEEK’S MOVIES

1989 theatrical releases:

“In Country” (Warner, $89.95, R). Widely praised, post-Vietnam drama directed by Norman Jewison and starring Bruce Willis, Emily Lloyd, Joan Allen, Kevin Anderson and Judith Ivey.

“Fat Man and Little Boy” (Paramount, priced for rental, PG-13). A theatrical telling of the making-of-the-atomic-bomb story that proved redundant after at least two excellent TV versions, despite star Paul Newman.

“Animal Behavior” (HBO, $89.99, PG). Obscure comedy about teaching sign language to chimps, starring Holly Hunter, Armand Assante and Karen Allen.

“The Rose Garden” (Cannon, $89.95, PG-13). A victim of the Holocaust accuses a German businessman of being a former SS commandant. Liv Ullmann, Maximilian Schell, Peter Fonda.

“Big Man on Campus” (Vestron, $89.98, PG-13). Comedy about campus oddball vs. college shrink. Allan Katz, Tom Skerritt, Corey Parker, Cindy Williams, Jessica Harper.

“Spontaneous Combustion” (Media, $89.98, R). Tobe Hooper horror flick about top-secret radiation experiment.

From 1960:

“Rocco and His Brothers” (Connoisseur, $79.95). Gritty 1960 Luchino Visconti film about a family’s attempt to survive in Milan. Strong cast includes Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale.