Timothée Chalamet in 'Marty Supreme' A24 Marty Reisman was a rather notorious figure from the late 1940s in New York City's underground table tennis (aka ping pong) world as a twentysomething shark who lured in unsuspecting amateur players and made big bets on himself at Lawrence's Broadway Table Tennis Club. Later in 1958 and 1960, he would become U.S. Men's Singles champion in the rather obscure sport, among many other titles the motormouth accumulated in his life. He was nicknamed "The Needle" for his quick-talking wit and slender build.