Marty Reisman was nicknamed "The Needle" for his slender physique. He dressed well and put on a show. The real ping pong champion — and hustler — who inspired 'Marty Supreme' In the 1940s and '50s, ...
Marty Supreme is fictional, but Timothee Chalamet's character is loosely based on a real competitive table tennis player ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — To Marty Reisman, table tennis was, next to perhaps marbles, “the lowest athletic endeavor on the world totem pole.” And yet, it was a sport that took him from hustling on ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Josh Safdie’s new film ‘Marty Supreme’ is loosely based on the career of table tennis legend Marty Reisman. Neville ...
Marty Reisman was the man and the myth. "He was this legendary ping pong player," Matthew Broderick, who used to frequent Reisman's table tennis parlor at 96th and Broadway in NYC, said on the Late ...
In real life, Marty "the Needle" Reisman reigned supreme. In A24's Marty Supreme, which hit theaters on Christmas day, Timothée Chalamet plays a table tennis legend named Marty Mauser. However, Mauser ...
It looks like the Brits don't love table tennis. Josh Safdie's sports film that is loosely based on the life of ping pong champion Marty Reisman came into the BAFTAs with an impressive 11 nominations.
In the 1940s and '50s, New York City table tennis was a gritty subculture full of misfits, gamblers, doctors, actors, students and more. They competed, bet on the game or both at all-night spots like ...
A few years ago, Sara Rossein was hunting around a thrift store and found the book The Money Player: The Confessions of America's Greatest Table Tennis Champion and Hustler. Rossein figured the book - ...