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   From: epwise@yahoo.com   
      
   pmoscatello@comcast.net wrote in news:68836160-2ddb-45c1-943f-   
   9e52567a1059@o21g2000vbl.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > I’ve been watching “Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room” available on   
   > Fancast and I think Joe Mantell comes across with one of the finest   
   > pieces of acting I've ever seen as Jackie Rhoades.   
   >   
   > Not only is he little recognized for this great performance, but he’s   
   > also unrecognized as the first person to deliver that famous line "You   
   > talkin' to me?" while looking into a mirror. Almost everyone thinks it   
   > was Robert De Niro who said it first in the movie “Taxi Driver”, when   
   > in fact it was Joe Mantell who first said it in this 1960 episode   
   > written by Rod Serling (11:11 into the show).   
   >   
   > Does anyone know how they pulled off the special effects for this   
   > show? Pretty good considering it was made all the way back in 1960? It   
   > looks so real, the timing is great, and I especially like the part   
   > near the end (at 20:23) when his reflection is pressing up against the   
   > glass and says “…it’s time to be something”. Jackie let me out! Let me   
   > take over, Jackie. This is your last chance.”   
   >   
   > Joe Mantell, I hope you read this because you simply deserve a lot of   
   > credit that you did not get. But one thing’s for sure, you’re getting   
   > it from me. Thank you for Jackie Rhoades, your performance was the   
   > best.   
   >   
   > Phil   
   >   
      
   He was also in "Steel" with Lee Marvin.   
      
   Rear-projection was used in "Nervous Man." All the mirrors were really   
   projection screens onto which the previously shot footage was shown.   
   Joe Mantell could actual see himself on the screen and act with himself.   
      
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