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.
External links
- Garth Jennings at the Internet Movie Database
- Nick Goldsmith at the Internet Movie Database
- Time Out Son of Rambow Preview
- Hammer & Tongs - "fine foods and film since 1994" (Official site)
- Culture Café (French) - Son of Rambow preview - 2007 production for Hammer & Tongs and director Garth Jennings
