Triumph Films
Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use mdy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} 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.
HistoryEdit
It was founded in 1982 as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures and the French company Gaumont to distribute foreign films in the US. In 1984, Marcie Bloom, who was formerly of the New York Film Festival, joined Triumph Films to serve as New York publicity director (Bloom would later co-found Sony Pictures Classics).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1985, Triumph Films announced that they would cut back down on their production slate, focusing on foreign-language films with English subtitles.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Shortly afterwards, Gaumont decided to cut ties, and Columbia Pictures, now the sole owner, decided to shutter Triumph Films, and fold it into the Columbia Pictures label.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On January 5, 1988, the then-newly founded Columbia Pictures Entertainment announced that they would revive the Triumph brand as a new worldwide subsidiary, Triumph Releasing Corporation; this incarnation of Triumph provided administrative services related to the distribution of Columbia Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures in the U.S. and Canada, while internationally, Triumph would be responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of Columbia and Tri-Star films under the direction of each individual studio.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was officially incorporated on March 24, 1988.<ref name="BusinessProfiles">SONY PICTURES RELEASING CORPORATION businessprofiles.com, Retrieved on January 20, 2014</ref> In 1989, Triumph began to distribute films from Crédit Lyonnais's Epic Productions Inc.<ref name="METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER-INC-Mar-1999-10-K">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On November 23, 1994, Triumph Releasing Corporation was renamed as Sony Pictures Releasing Corporation,<ref name="BusinessProfiles" /> and the Triumph name was spun off as Triumph Films, now primarily a label for low-budget and direct-to-video releases. After being shut down in 1997, the Triumph Films label was re-activated in 2003. The label went dormant again, becoming an in-name-only division of Sony Pictures Releasing Corporation.<ref name="BusinessProfiles" /> In 2014, the label was revived yet again for the release of The Remaining. Their direct-to-video role has been taken by Destination Films within Sony.
Notable filmsEdit
Notable films include To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, The Ambulance, Brainscan, Magic in the Water (co-released by TriStar Pictures), The Golden Laws, Steamboy (co-distributed by Destination Films) and the critically panned SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2.
1980sEdit
| Release Date | Title |
|---|---|
| February 10, 1982 | Das Boot |
| June 21, 1982 | La vie continue |
| June 23, 1982 | Bob le flambeur |
| September 14, 1982 | Josepha |
| October 6, 1982 | Yol |
| January 23, 1983 | Parsifal |
| February 11, 1983 | We of the Never Never |
| February 16, 1983 | That Night in Varennes |
| April 21, 1983 | Invitation au voyage |
| April 29, 1983 | Querelle |
| May 13, 1983 | La Boum |
| May 27, 1983 | The Trout |
| September 9, 1983 | Moon in the Gutter |
| September 28, 1983 | Danton |
| November 11, 1983 | Purple Haze |
| December 14, 1983 | The Eyes, the Mouth |
| January 26, 1984 | And the Ship Sails On |
| May 18, 1984 | Angel |
| May 25, 1984 | Heat of Desire |
| June 12, 1984 | The Last Battle<ref name="SonyClassics" group=N>U.S. distribution rights to this film have since been transferred to sister company Sony Pictures Classics, which in turn acquired them from producer Gaumont</ref> |
| June 21, 1984 | After the Rehearsal |
| September 20, 1984 | Carmen |
| October 13, 1984 | À Nos Amours |
| November 9, 1984 | The Little Bunch |
| A Love in Germany | |
| August 2, 1985 | Death in a French Garden |
| August 26, 1985 | My Other Husband |
| October 18, 1985 | Acqua e sapone |
| November 1, 1985 | Softly, Softly |
| December 8, 1989 | Triumph of the Spirit<ref name="MGM" group=N/> |
1990sEdit
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 12, 1990 | Ski Patrol | distribution only; produced by Epic Productions<ref name="MGM" group=N>Rights now belong to MGM</ref> |
| February 16, 1990 | Courage Mountain | |
| March 9, 1990 | Bad Influence | |
| March 31, 1990 | The Ambulance | |
| April 20, 1990 | Modern Love | |
| Why Me? | distribution only; produced by Epic Productions<ref name="MGM" group=N/> | |
| April 27, 1990 | Wild Orchid | distribution only; produced by Vision PDG<ref name="MGM" group=N/> |
| June 1, 1990 | Ghosts Can't Do It | distribution only; produced by Epic Productions<ref name="MGM" group=N/> |
| July 20, 1990 | Clownhouse | distribution only: produced by Commercial Pictures<ref name="MGM" group=N/> |
| August 24, 1990 | Men at Work | distribution only; produced by Epic Productions<ref name="MGM" group=N/> |
| September 28, 1990 | Dark Angel | distribution only; produced by Vision PDG<ref name="MGM" group=N/> |
| October 26, 1990 | Sonny Boy | distribution only; produced by Trans World Entertainment<ref name="MGM" group=N/> |
| November 2, 1990 | Waiting for the Light | distribution only; produced by Epic Productions<ref name="MGM" group=N/> |
| November 9, 1990 | Mister Frost | |
| November 21, 1990 | Robot Jox | distribution only; produced by Empire Pictures<ref name="MGM" group=N/> |
| April 12, 1991 | Eminent Domain | |
| October 9, 1991 | Homicide | U.S. distribution only<ref name="Quiver" group=N>Distribution rights now belong to Quiver Distribution</ref> |
| November 1, 1991 | Year of the Gun | |
| February 28, 1992 | Gate 2: The Trespassers | distribution only; produced by Vision PDG<ref name="MGM" group=N/> |
| March 27, 1992 | Ruby | |
| April 15, 1992 | Brenda Starr | <ref name="MGM" group=N/> |
| May 8, 1992 | Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue | distribution only; produced by Vision PDG<ref name="MGM" group=N/> |
| August 1, 1992 | Jersey Girl | |
| October 23, 1992 | Zebrahead | |
| March 5, 1993 | Shadow of the Wolf | |
| April 9, 1993 | Sidekicks | distribution only; produced by Vision PDG and Gallery Films<ref name="Goldwyn" group=N>Distribution rights now belong to Samuel Goldwyn Films</ref> |
| April 22, 1994 | Brainscan | |
| March 3, 1995 | Nina Takes a Lover | |
| April 12, 1995 | Jury Duty | co-production with TriStar Pictures |
| August 30, 1995 | Magic in the Water | |
| January 26, 1996 | Screamers | co-production with Columbia Pictures |
| August 23, 1996 | Solo | |
| October 18, 1996 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | co-production with Rastar |
| April 14, 1997 | Bliss | |
| May 2, 1997 | Truth or Consequences, N.M. | |
| August 22, 1997 | Masterminds | co-production with Columbia Pictures |
| September 12, 1997 | The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca | |
| September 26, 1997 | The Assignment |
2000sEdit
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| December 5, 2003 | The Golden Laws | |
| August 17, 2004 | SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | co-production with ApolloMedia, Crystal Sky Pictures and Hador BG2 Productions Ltd. |
| March 18, 2005 | Steamboy | US distribution only; co-distributed by Destination Films, produced by Sunrise and Toho |
| February 17, 2006 | The Second Chance | co-production with Provident Films, Ruckus Film and Cedar Partners |
| January 2, 2007 | Shottas | co-distributed by Destination Films |
| April 18, 2008 | Zombie Strippers | theatrical distribution only; produced by Stage 6 Films |
2010sEdit
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| September 5, 2014 | The Remaining | distribution only; produced by Affirm Films |