Gin Hammond Hated Horror Movies … Until She Saw THIS and now it’s her Favorite Summer Movie
Because I did dialect coaching for the musical Bruce, which I personally adored. I don’t generally enjoy horror, scary things, but because I got to know so much abou all of the behind-the-scenes stuff going on in Jaws, especially when the production company was trying to shut down production.
This poor actuarial guy goes out there and they are driving him all around Martha’s Vineyard, they’re pretending to be lost, they give him a bad oyster so he’s incapacitated for a few days, they sneak it into some clam chowder.
They say, “Oh, we need a battery for this thing.”
We’d show you what we’ve been working on. But, and you know, the robot, Bruce, that’s the nickname for Jaws, it was kaput. And so they needed this time to fix Jaws. So knowing what I know about it, I enjoy the movie that much more knowing more about the actors and what they went through and how they regarded each other and how those relationships developed over time. I mean, it’s really fascinating.
So Jaws is my favorite summer movie.
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Oh wow, Jaws—what a classic! So it’s this 1975 thriller directed by Steven Spielberg, and honestly, it still holds up. The story takes place in this cozy little beach town called Amity Island, where things go from sunny to terrifying real fast. A young woman is killed by something in the water (spoiler: it’s a shark), and the police chief, Brody, is like, “We need to close the beaches!” But the mayor and local business folks are more worried about losing money during tourist season. Of course, the shark doesn’t care about the economy—it keeps attacking. So Brody teams up with Hooper, this nerdy but lovable ocean expert, and Quint, a crusty old shark hunter with a serious Captain Ahab vibe.
They head out on a boat to kill the great white, and what follows is this slow, suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat ride. The shark itself barely shows up, but when it does—yikes.
And that music? Duuuun dun. Duuuun dun. It’s genius. I love how it builds tension with so little. For anyone into voice or acting, it’s a brilliant lesson in how tone, rhythm, and pacing can carry a story.
Just a masterclass in “less is more.”