Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carrie Moss, Maggie Smith and Tom Cruise feature in the video
The world can't get enough of Adele's
Hello. In the latest and absolutely brilliant mash-up of the song, YouTube user Matthijs Vlot has created his own version of the superhit ballad by stitching together fragments of dialogue from various movies. (Also Read:
Adele's Hello Breaks Record With 1.1 Million Downloads)
The two-minute video begins with the word 'Hello' as spoken by Sacha Baron Cohen's character Ali G and ends with 'anymore' as spoken by Homer Simpson. In between, the lyrics are provided by - among others - Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr Freeze and Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy from
Batman And Robin; Sam Rockwell's character Eric Knox from
Charlie's Angels; Alec Guinness as Obi Wan Kenobi, Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, R2D2 and C3PO from the
Stars Wars movies; Johnny Depp from
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas; Carrie Moss as Trinity from
The Matrix; Lumiere and Cogsworth from
Beauty And The Beast; Charles Dance as Benedict from
Last Action Hero; Sesame Street's Big Bird; Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock from
The Adventures Of Tintin; Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy from
Anchorman; John Rhys-Davies as Gimli the dwarf from the
Lord Of The Rings films; Brad Pitt as Aldo Raine in
Inglourious Basterds; Ernie Sabella as Pumba from
The Lion King; Jack Black as Dewey Finn in
School Of Rock; Clint Eastwood as Blondie from
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly; Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan from
Bruce Almighty; Dana Carvey as Garth from
Wayne's World; Lee Evans as Tucker from
There's Something About Mary; Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as the
Men In Black; Mike Myers as Dr Evil from the
Austin Powers films; Glynis Johns as Mrs Banks from
Mary Poppins; E.T's digitally-created voice; Roger Moore as James Bond; Mark Wahlberg as Dirk Diggler from
Boogie Nights; Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall and Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter; Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire; Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark from
Iron Man; Holly Hunter as Elastigirl from
The Incredibles; Arsenio Hall in drag from
Coming to America.
Hello, which released in October, is the first track to be downloaded over a million times in a week in the United States.
A few days ago, Britney Spears Instagrammed a video of herself dancing to the number:
Lionel Ritchie, whose 1883 hit went by the same name, Instagrammed his version:
#hello @adele
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And the Internet mashed-up Richie and Adele's singles:
Ellen DeGeneres presented her parody on
The Ellen Show which shows her trapped on a call with Adele:
Hello, which is the debut single from the British pop star's first album in almost five years, opened at number one for the week on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song also became the fastest video to hit the 100 million mark with the exception of
Gentlemen by South Korean pop singer Psy.
With inputs from AFP