Audiences will be asked
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Audition videos, chat rooms and even point-of-view cameras that virtually put
the audience in the actors' heads as they work through scenes will all be part
of the online experience as the show progresses.23 per common share .

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"BitPass' system for paid digital content makes it easy and
economical for filmmakers and other digital content providers to sell their
products to the mass market over the Internet, at any price point.strandvenice.
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Utilizing many of the method-film techniques that were
incorporated into Blair Witch, The Strand maintains a sense of authenticity
that cannot be found in large-scale productions. Real people and actors
populate a fictional world in which spontaneous as well as scripted dialogue
bring a sense of unpredictability and realism to the characters and
situations.99 pricing model for consumers," said Michael O'Donnell,
CEO of BitPass.

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About BitPass
BitPass was founded in December 2002 to address the growing demand for
paid digital content (music, video, photos, news, patents, etc. Francis Bank, a division of Mid America Bank , fsb.

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About Gearhead Pictures
Established in 2001, Gearhead Pictures was formed by Daniel Myrick to help
facilitate various solo projects, ranging from feature films to Internet
content ., Garage Technology
Ventures, Cardinal Venture Capital, Amicus Capital and others.

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" This landmark production by Gearhead
Pictures (Dan Myrick's production company) marks a series of firsts for
filmmaking , digital content, and e-commerce.

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The Strand website will also serve as an interactive centerpiece that will
document the entire production process.

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The Strand incorporates BitPass digital payments technology, which
will enable VIPs, critics, reviewers and early website visitors to view the
first episode using free passes from the BitPass platform for digital content
commerce.

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"While the entertainment industry continually grows more risk-averse, the
Internet still beckons with its promise of becoming the great equalizer," said
Dan Myrick, director of The Strand and president of Gearhead Pictures. Much as with Blair, The Strand will
encourage audience interaction and feedback to help guide and shape future
episodes, as well as interaction with characters, filmmakers and each other .bitpass.

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Daniel Myrick Co-Creator of The Blair Witch Project Debuts The Strand in Park City Utah

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Worldview Technology Partners, Steamboat Ventures (the venture capital arm of
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Since the company's
production release of its service in December 2003, BitPass has signed over
1,900 digital content merchants.

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For more information and press inquiries, email
info@gearheadpictures.

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Availability and Pricing
The show debuts today (January 25, 2005) to critics, reviewers and the
press, and will be available to the public in early February at
http://www.

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The Strand is an uncensored look at the lives of several off-beat
characters that inhabit the unique world of Venice Beach, California , and how
they are all connected.

MAF Bancorp is the parent company of Mid America Bank, a federally
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"BitPass enables independent production companies like us to make a show 'for
the people, by the people,' where production is sponsored by people who watch
it, leaving its destiny in the hands of those who care most about its future.com .) and the need
for publishers to efficiently monetize their online offerings through
a-la-carte and subscription -based payment models. Offices in Wisconsin operate under the name
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The first webisode will premiere
at http://www.99 for each of the subsequent webisodes . The first webisode will be available without
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common stock trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol MAFB.

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PARK CITY, Utah, The Strand is the first
live-action, independently produced, narrative episodic intended specifically
for the web, hence the term "webisodic.

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The Strand and BitPass demonstrate the future of filmmaking, in
which filmmakers can utilize the Internet for distribution while protecting
their content with technology that manages licenses, payments and promotions
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"BitPass is excited to be working with Dan Myrick, one of the most
respected and creative film mavericks, to launch The Strand on the Internet
with an appealing $0.com or phone Julia Fair at Gearhead Pictures' main line,
626-395-7674. The dividend will be payable on July 1,
2005 to shareholders of record on June 14, 2005.

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