Yipes!!! I Always Think Of God When I Watch "Rambo"!

San Francisco Gate

An unexpected pair: God and 'Rocky'
Stallone promotes 6th installment of series as family film, speaks about renewed faith
Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wednesday, December 20, 2006


After 30 years of onscreen carnage, resulting in a triple-digit body count, Sylvester Stallone is promoting his new "Rocky Balboa" by talking up his rediscovery of Christianity. In conference calls with religious leaders over the past few weeks -- and with the help of a marketing expert who promoted Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" -- Stallone said he thinks Hollywood should make more movies the whole family can see.

Like, say, "Rocky Balboa," which opens today -- 21 years after Stallone's character killed 57 people in "Rambo: First Blood, Part II."

"We need the God-fearing script, the script that really deals with compassion and deals with the word of Jesus and God, and believe me, people will rally behind it because we need it," Stallone said in a late November conference call to Christian leaders. "It's like, you watch some of the films, they only save these kinds of films for Christmas."
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And Stallone promised religious leaders that he will evangelize while promoting "Rocky Balboa" on the talk show circuit. "I do plan to get out that this is a film with great spirituality, this is a film that to me was driven home by the guidance of God," Stallone said. However, he didn't mention such an influence during recent interviews on National Public Radio and on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Eh, not so much.....