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'''Triumph Films''' (also known as '''Triumph Releasing Corporation''') was originally formed in 1982 as a joint venture between [[Columbia Pictures]] and French studio [[Gaumont|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 own operations in the states. However, Columbia (through [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]) retained the Triumph branding rights and all films distributed during the venture. In 1988, it was revived as a specialty label to handle independent, low-budget, and direct-to-video film releases as well as distributing [[Epic Productions]] and [[Vision P.D.G. International|Vision International]] releases theatrically. The label went dormant again in 1998, and was reactivated in 2002 to release independent and direct-to-video fare such as ''Steamboy'' and ''Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2''. Triumph Films has been in dormancy since 2008 and has only been revived once as a one-off label in 2014; currently, [[Destination Films]] has supplanted Triumph's purpose within Sony. | '''Triumph Films''' (also known as '''Triumph Releasing Corporation''') was originally formed in 1982 as a joint venture between [[Columbia Pictures]] and French studio [[Gaumont|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 own operations in the states. However, Columbia (through [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]) retained the Triumph branding rights and all films distributed during the venture. In 1988, it was revived as a specialty label to handle independent, low-budget, and direct-to-video film releases as well as distributing [[Epic Productions]] and [[Vision P.D.G. International|Vision International]] releases theatrically. The label went dormant again in 1998, and was reactivated in 2002 to release independent and direct-to-video fare such as ''Steamboy'' and ''Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2''. Triumph Films has been in dormancy since 2008 and has only been revived once as a one-off label in 2014; currently, [[Destination Films]] has supplanted Triumph's purpose within Sony. | ||
===1st Logo (February 10, 1982-August 2, 1985)=== | {{ImageTOC | ||
|Triumph_Films_(1982).png|1st Logo (February 10, 1982-August 2, 1985) | |||
|Triumph_Releasing_Corporation_(1989).png|2nd Logo (December 8, 1989-April 22, 1994) | |||
|Triumph_Films_(1995).png|3rd Logo (March 3, 1995-February 17, 2006, September 5, 2014) | |||
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=== 1st Logo (February 10, 1982-August 2, 1985)=== | |||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*From 1991-94, with the formation of Sony Pictures Entertainment, this logo became bylineless. | *From <u>1991-94</u>, with the formation of Sony Pictures Entertainment, this logo became bylineless. | ||
*On some films at the end, there is no byline and the text. This was also spotted on a VHS of the 1994 Australian film ''The Roly Poly Man'', since in Australia, Triumph was also the name of a home video label of [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]], joining the likes of [[First Release Home Entertainment]] and [[Video Box Office]]. | *On <u>some films at the end</u>, there is no byline and the text. This was also spotted on a VHS of the 1994 Australian film ''The Roly Poly Man'', since in Australia, Triumph was also the name of a home video label of [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]], joining the likes of [[First Release Home Entertainment]] and [[Video Box Office]]. | ||
*On some trailers of films, the text "RELEASING CORPORATION" and the Columbia Pictures Entertainment byline wipes in from the left at the same time. | *On <u>some trailers of films</u>, the text "RELEASING CORPORATION" and the Columbia Pictures Entertainment byline wipes in from the left at the same time. | ||
*On some TV commercials of 1991-1994 films, the logo is in B&W and the byline reads "A Sony Pictures Entertainment Company". | *On <u>some TV commercials of 1991-1994 films</u>, the logo is in B&W and the byline reads "A Sony Pictures Entertainment Company". | ||
'''Technique:''' Cel animation. | '''Technique:''' Cel animation. | ||