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TAPE_NUMBER: EN9917/A IN_TIME: 10:15:49 LENGTH: 02:56 SOURCES: APTN/RUBENSTEIN PUBLIC RELATIONS INC RESTRICTIONS: NO RESALE FILM/VIDEO CLIPS FEED: SCRIPT: xfa LA, RECENT TEENAGE RAMPAGE LEONARDO DI CAPRIO'S brother, ADAM FARRAR makes his film debut in a small independent picture PUPS this weekend He plays a wheelchair-bound Gulf War veteran caught up in a juvenile bank heist in the film, directed by English guerilla filmmaker, ASH Adam was able to draw on his own military experience - he was in the army for two years - to create the role But in the light of the tragic events that took place at Columbine High School this week, the film also has a startling relevance The spring of 1998 brought with it a rash of shootings at several schools around the country Written as a direct response to what is a growing trend of gun violence amongst teen and pre-teen youngsters, Pups focuses on a young, white thirteen year-old asthmatic boy who is about to burst from sensory, media and urban overload On finding his mother's gun he launches into an explosive journey reminiscent of Dog Day Afternoon, dragging his girlfriend with him, armed with an array of movie-inspired reflexes The film was written in four weeks and filmed in just sixteen days Like most siblings attempting to emerge from the shadow of their more famous family partners, Adam is anxious to avoid comparisons with his brother But he could claim to have had a head start on Leo, as he started acting at the age of five in TV commercials and the theatre By the age of thirteen he had had enough of the child-acting scene in Los Angeles and preferred to spend his time skate boarding with his friends After leaving high school, he joined the army for two years only to be tempted back to the acting world by the success of his brother Adam's debut film role came about from a chance meeting with the director and writer of Pups, ASH Known only by the single name, the director's previous feature Bang was called One of the top ten films of 1997 by the Los Angeles Times The film, which also features performances by Burt Reynolds, Mischa Barton, Cameron van Hoy as Stevie and MTV's Kurt Loder, looks set to put it's director firmly on the movie map Whether it will be the start of a titanic film career for Adam Farrar, remains to be seen For further information, please contact Rubenstein Public Relations Inc in New York on (001) 2128431900 or fax 2128439200 SHOTLIST: SHOWS: FILM CLIP; SOT ASH, DIRECTOR; FILM CLIP; SOT ASH, DIRECTOR (ON CASTING LEAD); FILM CLIP; SOT ADAM FARRAR (ON DOING OTHER THINGS BEFORE STARTING FILM CAREER); FILM CLIP ?