Hammer & Tongs

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Hammer & Tongs is the pseudonym of promo and film director Garth Jennings and producer Nick Goldsmith, as well as the name of their production company. Best known for their work on music videos for Blur ("Coffee & TV") and Supergrass ("Pumping on Your Stereo"), Hammer & Tongs have moved on to directing movies, their debut being the 2005 film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

The phrase "hammer and tongs" means "with great energy and force", often phrased "to go at it with hammer and tongs". The origins of this phrase is from blacksmithing, where tongs are used during forging to hold the hot iron as it is hammered into shape.

[edit] Filmography

• Son of Rambow (2007)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

[edit] Videography

(incomplete)

• "A-Punk" - Vampire Weekend (2008)
• "Nude" & "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" - Radiohead (2007/2008) - Made with Adam Buxton
• "And I Was a Boy From School" - Hot Chip (2006)
• "Hell Yes" - Beck (2005)
• "Lost Cause: Version 2" - Beck (2003)
• "Little By Little" - The Wannadies (2003)
• "Imitation of Life" - R.E.M. (2001)
• "Disillusion" - Badly Drawn Boy (2000)
• "Coffee & TV" - Blur (1999)
• "Driftwood - Travis (1999)
• "Pumping on Your Stereo - Supergrass (1999)
• "Right Here Right Now" - Fatboy Slim (1999)
• "Cancer for the Cure" - Eels (1999)
• "Help the Aged" - Pulp (1997)
• "A Life Less Ordinary - Ash (1997)
• "Dominion Road" (UK Version) - The Mutton Birds (1995)
• "Mr.Kirk's Nightmare" - 4hero (1990)

[edit] External links

• Hammer & Tongs - "fine foods and film since 1994" (Official site)
• Garth Jennings at the Internet Movie Database
• Nick Goldsmith at the Internet Movie Database
• Hammer and Tongs 2000 interview
• Time Out Son of Rambow Preview
• Culture Café (French) - Son of Rambow preview - 2007 production for Hammer & Tongs and director Garth Jennings
• Boys in the mud (Guardian article)
• EyeForFilm.co.uk - Interview with Garth Jennings about Son Of Rambow and plans for an animated feature film.
• ThinkTalk Networks - ThinkTalk interview with Garth Jennings about his career and his latest release, Son Of Rambow.