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Trimark Pictures

Trimark Pictures

Trimark Pictures was an American independent production company that specialized in the production and distribution of motion pictures for the home video market. The company was formed in 1984 by Mark Amin as Vidmark Entertainment with Vidmark Inc. (later Trimark Holdings Inc.) established as the holding company. Trimark licensed and distributed theatrical, independent, made-for-TV, along direct-to-video films. The logo features a triangle with a profile of a tiger's head.

Among the company's several releases are Peter Jackson's 1992 film Dead Alive, which they chose to release theatrically due to Jackson's cult following. They are well known for releasing films that considered to be controversial for the time period, as in the case with the 1999 film Better Than Chocolate, as some newspapers refused to carry advertisements for the film that featured the word "lesbian" as part of a critic spot.