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Is 'Marty Supreme' Real? The Wild True Story Behind Chalamet's Ping Pong Hustler Role

The Capital Journal 25 Dec 2025
A24's 'Marty Supreme' stars Timothée Chalamet, but is it real? Discover the wild true story of Marty Reisman, the ping pong hustler who inspired the film ....
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Is ‘Marty Supreme’ Based on a Real Person? Here’s the True Story of Ping Pong ...

Variety 25 Dec 2025
Safdie and his crew faithfully recreated the world of 1950s ping pong players in ...
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Timoth�e Chalamet's character Marty Mauser in 'Marty Supreme' is based on a real hustling ping-pong ...

Business Insider 25 Dec 2025
Here's what to know about the real Marty Supreme.Marty Reisman was a ping-pong champion player dubbed 'the James Bond of table tennis' ... Marty Reisman hitting the ping pong with the handle of his paddle.
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Legacy of "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" highlighted at annual celebration event in Los Angeles

People Daily 25 Dec 2025
"Ping-Pong Diplomacy.". Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles Guo Shaochun described "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" over five decades ago as "an iconic moment in the China-U.S.
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Meet the high-strung Ping-Pong hustler, ‘Marty The Needle,’ who inspired ‘Marty Supreme’

New York Post 25 Dec 2025
From a young age, he plied his hustling craft at a joint called Lawrence’s Ping Pong Parlor — a former Midtown speakeasy once owned by JackLegs” Diamond, with Prohibition-era bullet holes scarrin the walls.
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‘Marty Supreme’ Review: Timothée Chalamet’s Ping-Pong Devil

Hindustan Times 25 Dec 2025
Certain to be rated the greatest 2 1/2-hour ping-pong movie ever, “Marty Supreme” takes a tired formula—the underdog sports story—only to pull it apart and ... Timothée Chalamet’s Ping-Pong Devil.
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Nine Greek Table Tennis Players Make World Rankings

Greek City Times 25 Dec 2025
In the men’s standings, Panagiotis Gionis is the highest-ranked ....
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The Ping-Pong Hustler Who Inspired ‘Marty Supreme’

New York Times 24 Dec 2025
Volleying questions with the table tennis champ Marty Reisman, an inspiration for Timothée Chalamet’s new film, showed that he was a character in his own right ... .
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This Sacramento ping-pong consultant worked on Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Marty Supreme’

Sacramento Bee 24 Dec 2025
Marty Supreme,” which opens Christmas Eve in theaters nationwide, could be one of 2025’s top films. A Sac State professor consulted on it ....
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‘Marty Supreme’ Review: Timothée Chalamet’s Ping-Pong Devil

Wall Street Journal 24 Dec 2025
The actor gives a staggering performance as a fast-talking, fast-playing, utterly obnoxious table-tennis whiz in Josh Safdie’s impressively unconventional drama ... .
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Ping-pong diplomacy opened up China-US relations

China Daily 24 Dec 2025
Looking back, Sweeris said the broader significance of ping-pong diplomacy lay in how it "opened up the door for communication" ... More than five decades later, the legacy of ping-pong diplomacy continues to be commemorated and discussed.
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'Marty Supreme' review: Timothée Chalamet gives career-best performance as driven Ping-Pong player

Newsday 24 Dec 2025
PLOT In the 1950s, an eccentric Ping-Pong player hopes to dominate a still-young sport ... Marty’s purpose is Ping-Pong, which in 1952 is considered little more than a pastime and certainly not a sport.
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Business class traveller is jailed after he is caught trying to steal another passenger's luggage ...

The Daily Mail 24 Dec 2025
Liu Ming, 26, boarded the Dubaito Singapore flight on August 7 and attempted to steal items from the bag of an Azerbaijani man and his wife in the business class cabin ....
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Timoth�e Chalamet Goes Ping-Pong King Kong, Tops the Sphere

New York Magazine 23 Dec 2025
Photo ... You see rows and rows of all the individual light bulbs, which, once the camera is far enough, have made the Sphere resemble the classic orange Marty Supreme Ping-Pong ball ... Related ... Timothée Chalamet Goes Ping-Pong King Kong, Tops the Sphere.
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Ping pong for Parkinson’s

Bangor Daily News 23 Dec 2025
“When I look over and see Kevin playing ping pong, it’s like someone who doesn’t have Parkinson’s,” said Kate Hanson whose husband, Kevin Finnigan, was diagnosed 10 years ago ... “I was so excited about playing ping pong,” Smith said.
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