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The idea for TriStar came about in 1982 when Columbia (then a subsidiary of Coca-Cola), HBO, and CBS, decided to pool resources to split the ever-growing costs of making movies. Their first release, in 1984, was a flop remake of the 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture Where the Boys Are .

In 1989, all of Coke's entertainment holdings were owned by Sony, who merged Columbia and Tri-Star (hyphenated until 1992) but continued to use the separate names. The name is seldom used by Sony after 1999 (possibly due to the huge failure of 1998's Godzilla), and as of 2004 it seems to exist only as a firm for the acquisition of smaller, independent titles.

1 Notable Films

1.1 1980s

• Where the Boys Are (1984)
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
• Birdy (1984)
• The Natural (1984)
• Places in the Heart (1984)
• Lifeforce (1985)
• Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
• Short Circuit (1986, plus sequel in 1988)
• About Last Night... (1986)
• Labyrinth (1986)
• The Blob (1988, remake of 1958 film)
• The Seventh Sign (1988)
• Steel MagnoliasSteel Magnolias is a 1989 movie. It was a comedy-drama about a group of southern women in northwest Louisiana. The movie begins just before Shelby's Julia Roberts wedding to Jackson Dylan McDermott. It covers events over the next several years, such as Sh (1989)
• Look Who's TalkingLook Who's Talking is a ( 1989) comedy movie which stars John Travolta (James Ubriacco) and Kirstie Allie (Mollie). Bruce Willis plays the voice of Mollie's illegitimate son, Mikey. The movie also features George Segal as Mollie's boss, Albert, and father (1989, plus two sequels in 1990 and 1993)

1.2 1990s

• AvalonAvalon is a legendary island somewhere in the British Isles. It is sometimes referred to as the legendary location where Jesus visited the British Isles with Joseph of Arimathea and that it was later the site of the first church in Britain. This location (1990)
• Total RecallTotal Recall is an American science fiction film released on June 1, 1990 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by Paul Verhoeven. It won a Special Achievement Academy Award for its visual effects. Schwarzenegger plays Douglas Quaid, a construction (1990, distribution only)
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• HookHook has a definition at Wiktionary: hook Hook may be a reference to: a fishing hook Captain Hook, a fictional character from J. Barrie's book Peter Pan Hook, a 1991 movie starring Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook hook, a catchy musical passage uppercut, a (1991)
• Basic InstinctBasic Instinct (released March 20, 1992) is an American mystery film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. It stars Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, Jeanne Tripplehorn and George Dzundza. In 2004 MGM claimed to be going ahead with filming (1992, distribution only)
• ChaplinChaplin is a 1992 biographical film which tells the life story of Charles Chaplin. It stars Robert Downey Jr. Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Hopkins, Milla Jovovich, Moira Kelly, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, Penelope Ann Miller, Paul Rhys, Marisa Tom (1992, distribution only)
• Husbands and Wives (1992)
• Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
• Philadelphia (1993)
• Rudy (1993)
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
• Legends of the Fall (1994)
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
• Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
• The Quick and the Dead (1995)
• The Fan (1996)
• Sunset Park (1996)
• Matilda (1996)
• Jerry Maguire (1996)
• My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
• Godzilla (1998)
• The Mask of Zorro (1998)
• Crazy in Alabama (1999)
• Jakob the Liar (1999)