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Triumph Films (also known as Triumph Releasing Corporation) was an American independent film studio division of Sony Pictures Entertainment that geared towards theatre and direct-to-video film production and distribution.
Triumph Films. Credits. Background. Triumph Films (also known as Triumph Releasing Corporation) was originally formed in 1982 as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures and French studio Gaumont Film Company to distribute Gaumont content and some independent films (including Das Boot) in the US.
List of TriStar Pictures films. This is a list of films produced and/or released by American film studio TriStar Pictures.
Release DateTitleApril 6, 1984May 11, 1984July 13, 1984July 27, 1984- Overview
- 1st Logo\r (1982-1985)
- 2nd Logo\r (1989-1995)
- 3rd Logo (1995-2014)
Background: Triumph Films (also known as "Triumph Releasing Corporation") was originally formed in 1982 as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures and the legendary French studio Gaumont Film Company to distribute Gaumont content and some independent films in the US. This joint venture lasted until 1985 when Gaumont was looking to set up their ow...
Nicknames: "Torch Lady", "Zooming-Out Arch of Triumph"
Logo: We have the 1981-1993 Columbia Pictures logo. The torch then shines into a bright abstract shape, like the sunburst effect on the 1976 logo, then a 2D drawing of this. The words "Triumph Films" in the same Souvenir bold font from the 1975 logo fades and flashing in underneath the logo. Her torch continues to shine and the entire logo turns outlined. The byline "A Columbia Pictures/Gaumont Company" later fades in under the logo.
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The torch shining, the arch zooming-out. Simple 80s stuff.
Music/Sounds: Silent.
Availability: Very Rare. Appeared on select titles released from 1982 to 1985, such as older prints of Das Boot, Querelle, Le Dernier Combat, Bizet's Carmen, and Parsifal, to name it a few. The latter is retained on Its U.S Image Entertainment DVD and Laserdisc release.
Scare Factor: Low. The sudden logo transition from the 80s Columbia logo may throw you off-guard, but it's fairly harmless.
Nickname: "The Blue Light Flower"
Logo: On a black background, a blue light appears at the bottom in the middle of the screen. The light later splits into nine rays that almost looks like the sunburst effect on the 1976 Columbia Pictures logo, which later zooms-out from screen bottom, revealing the outline of the word "TRIUMPH", which then lights up "I" to turn white and later spreads out to fill in the other words. Above the "I" in "TRIUMPH", there is a blue flower, but we reveal the text "RELEASING CORPORATION" with lines in between, then the byline "A unit of Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." fades in at the bottom of the screen.
Variants:
•From 1991-1994, with the formation of Sony Pictures Entertainment, this logo became bylineless.
•On some films at the end, there is no byline and the text.
•On some trailers of films, the text "RELEASING CORPORATION" and the Columbia Pictures Entertainment byline wipes in from the left at the same time.
Nickname: "The Sunburst"
Logo: On a black background, we see a bright orange light rising from the lower right-hand corner to the upper-left hand corner of the screen bringing along the 3-D word "TRIUMPH" rising from the bottom to the center. As the light starts to dim down to make a sunburst effect, the orange light turns white revealing a light blue line lighting up the flower while the word "TRIUMPH" later turns white and zooming-in a little while the word "FILMS" with lines in between zooming-in and fading in slowly at the same time with the word above. The byline "a Sony Pictures Entertainment company" or "a Sony company" later fades in underneath the logo.
Closing: There is a text at the end credits that reads: "A TRIUMPH RELEASE, A SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT Company".
FX/SFX: The CGI name rising, which is surprisingly clean animation for 1994.
Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.
Availability: Uncommon. Seen on many Triumph releases such as Magic in the Water, Jury Duty, Solo, SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2, and the North American release of Steamboy, among others. This may have appeared on theatrical prints of Zombie Strippers' and The Remaining, but home media releases respectfully have the Stage 6 and Affrim Films logos instead.
May 11, 2024 · Triumph Films (also known as Triumph Releasing Corporation) was an American independent film studio division of Sony Pictures Entertainment that geared towards theatre and direct-to-video film production and distribution. Contents. History. Notable films. 1980s. 1990s. 2000s, 2010s. Notes. References. History.
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Triumph Films. A. The Ambulance. The Assignment (1997 film) Bliss (1997 film) Brainscan. D. The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca. Homicide (1991 film) I Come in Peace. Jury Duty (film) Magic in the Water. Men at Work (1990 film) Modern Love (1990 film) Nina Takes a Lover. Screamers (1995 film) The Second Chance. Solo (1996 film)
