Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I""ve kinda lost track myself.[Note: The film""s lesser and inferior sequel was writer/director Sylvester Stallone""sStaying Alive (1983)that also starred Travolta reprising his Tony Manero role.It won eight Academy Awards including: Best Picture and Director (Kazan), Best Story and Screenplay (Schulberg), Best Actor (Brando), Best Supporting Actress (Saint in her film debut), Best B/W Cinematography (Boris Kaufman), Best B/W Art Direction-Set Decoration (Richard Day), and Best Film Editing (Gene Milford).Rocky simply responded: "A lot of people come to Vegas to lose.I didn""t," and then reminded the young fighter with a saying from the 70s: "Ain""t nothing over till it""s over.