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 . The
remaining members of its Board of Directors will remain the same with
Norlin G.643.

Lions Gate Family Entertainment
Executive Vice President Ken Katsumoto is overseeing the film for Lions Gate. To fully capitalize on these opportunities, two major brand
name promotional partners will be announced soon, along with additional major
talent. Its prestigious and
prolific library of approximately 8000 titles is one of the largest in the
entertainment industry.

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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. For more
information , visit http://www.

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Boyum as Vice Chairman, John P."
"Lions Gate's passion and innovation are what filmmaking is all about,"
said Kasanoff . Wilkes
310-255-3726
pwilkes@lgf.

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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. Clean, Charlie The Tuna, Twinkie the Kid and more as supporting
background "actors," creating an exceptional range of cross-promotional
opportunities .

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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. 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
of digital content .
"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.
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. Paul Market; and Scott Swenson, Senior
Vice President , Commercial Banking for the South Metro Market.

Lions Gate Starts FOODFIGHT! With Threshold Featuring the Voices of Hilary and Haylie Duff

For further information, contact:

Sarah Greenberg Russell Nelson
310-255-3856 310-255-3858
rnelson@lgf.

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

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. O'Meara and William F.
Other staffing changes announced, also effective on April 1st,
include Gary Kluthe, Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer;
Andrea Hitzemann, Assistant Vice President, Loan Review; David
Carlson, Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, Correspondent
Banking and Leasing for the St. Lions Gate's New Family Entertainment Division Launches Debut Project With
Highly -Anticipated Theatrical 3-D Animated Feature Film

Two Major Promotional Partners And Additional Major Stars to Be Announced
Shortly

SANTA MONICA, Calif .

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com . and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Less than a month after its formation, Lions Gate
Family Entertainment has announced its debut feature film project, a major
cross-divisional initiative under which Lions Gate (NYSE: LGF; Toronto) will
coproduce and has acquired the North American distribution rights to
FOODFIGHT!, the eagerly-anticipated 3-D animated film from Larry Kasanoff's
(TRUE LIES , MORTAL KOMBAT) Threshold Animation Studios.

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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., Garage Technology
Ventures , Cardinal Venture Capital, Amicus Capital and others. Seidel as President and CEO
and David R.
Currently in production, FOODFIGHT! takes place after hours in a
supermarket which comes to life as a city unto itself.com

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

About BitPass
BitPass was founded in December 2002 to address the growing demand for
paid digital content (music, video, photos, news , patents, etc.bitpass."
For more information, please contact John Seidel, President + CEO,
651 . Appearing together in
the film are the voices of sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff who are recently
starring together in the upcoming MATERIAL GIRLS.
"We're delighted that Lions Gate Family Entertainment is already feeding
our pipeline with exciting new product, and we're thrilled to be in
partnership with a singular talent and entrepreneur like Larry Kasanoff who is
pushing the envelope of large-scale, quality feature film animation," said
Ortenberg.com

For corporate inquiries, contact:

Peter D.

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com .
In addition to FOODFIGHT!, Threshold has produced digital animation or
visual effects for Paramount, Disney, Nickelodeon, Dreamworks, Sony, Fox, MGM ,
NBC, Miramax, Dimension, TNT, Hershey's, General Motors and more.
Lions Gate Entertainment is the premier independent producer and
distributor of motion pictures, home entertainment, family entertainment,
television programming and video-on-demand content.

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99 for each of the subsequent webisodes .
John Seidel, President and CEO, expresses enthusiasm about where
the bank is headed in the future and states, "With the recent
reorganization and newly hired additions, American Bank is better
positioned to serve its customers throughout the metro area and into
the Albert Lea market more effectively and efficiently.

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ST.
Conzemius to Chairman of the Board effective April 1, 2005. Reimer as
Directors.

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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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PARK CITY, Utah, The Strand is the first
live -action, independently produced, narrative episodic intended specifically
for the web, hence the term "webisodic. Audiences will be asked
to pay $0."
"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. American Bank's Commercial Banking
department is pleased to welcome William Baker as Vice President to
its Midway location and Brad Garnes as Vice President to its
Burnsville location. The Lions Gate brand name is synonymous with
original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe.

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8422. Threshold is the first
animation studio to be powered by 40,000 remote computers from the IBM On
Demand Center.

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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. For more information and press inquiries, email
info@gearheadpictures.----American Bank of
St.
American Bank also welcomes its newly hired branch managers, Kathy
Sheehan to its Inver Grove Heights location and Lisa Sanders to its
Burnsville location.

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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.99 pricing model for consumers," said Michael O'Donnell,
CEO of BitPass.

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FOODFIGHT! is slated
for a nationwide Fall 2006 release. "Plus, they love a squashy anvil drop and a good pie in the
face.

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The first webisode will premiere
at http://www. 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. The first webisode will be available without
charge to website visitors with a free BitPass account. PAUL, Minn. Kasanoff and George Johnsen are
producing; executive producers are Ortenberg and Wexler with Gregory Cascante
and Daniel Suh as co-executive producers.
Threshold has forged a revolutionary technology alliance with IBM Corporation,
giving the company unparalleled access to technology that enables it to make
its digitally animated films faster, more cost efficiently and better
creatively than others in the digital animation space.

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These changes
also provide a great foundation to work from when looking at the
possibility of adding service locations in the future."

Brand Name Promotional Partners To Be Announced Soon

Utilizing a cast of thousands of characters and myriad CG special effects,
the creators acquired the rights to use nearly every consumer packaged goods
company's characters in the film about a grocery store coming to life,
including Mr.

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Cutting-Edge Series Adopts BitPass to Power Distribution and $0.strandvenice.com or phone Julia Fair at Gearhead Pictures' main line,
626-395-7674. The company has received venture funding from
Worldview Technology Partners, Steamboat Ventures (the venture capital arm of
The Walt Disney Company), RRE Ventures, First Data Corp." FOODFIGHT! is directed by Larry Kasanoff from
a screenplay by Brent Friedman, Rebecca Swanson and Sean Derek, based on a
story by Kasanoff and Joshua Wexler.

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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.) and the need
for publishers to efficiently monetize their online offerings through
a-la-carte and subscription-based payment models.

Julie
Haberkorn, Vice President of Commercial Banking has relocated to the
Inver Grove Heights location. I'm very excited to be working with them on FOODFIGHT! But most of all
I am absolutely thrilled to have Hilary and Haylie Duff as part of the cast.

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com and be FREE of CHARGE . Paul is pleased to announce the appointment of Norbert J.
"The new 3-D animation technology used in FOODFIGHT!, powered by
Threshold's association with IBM, will create a world unlike anything seen
before and give audiences an extraordinary ride in the process," said
Katsumoto. "We are very excited that this groundbreaking film is the first
big project launched under the new Lions Gate Family Entertainment banner.
Threshold Animation Studios is a groundbreaking digital animation company.

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Metzen, Barry J. The announcement was made by newly-
promoted Lions Gate Family Entertainment Executive Vice President Anne
Parducci and Lions Gate Films Releasing President Tom Ortenberg. Sharing a close sisterly
bond, Haylie has written several songs for Hilary's "Metamorphosis" album and
they sang a duet for the soundtrack of A CINDERELLA STORY with a remake of the
Go-Go's "Our Lips Are Sealed .

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