King of Baskets
Revenge and glory drive Terrence Mantucket to take the crown from his best friend in this comedy set in the world of high-end decorative basket dealing.
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Brandon WalshDirectorGood Man, A Children, Plato's Inferno
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Brandon WalshWriter
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Russell SheafferProducerMasculinity/Femininity (Director), Acetate Diary (Director) Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (Producer)
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Adam CookProducer
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Nancy WalshProducer
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Adam CookKey Cast
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Travis BrownKey Cast
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Mike BlomquistKey Cast
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Kalen GrangerKey Cast
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Jessica FroelichSupporting Cast
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Ian BarkerSupporting Cast
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Max WalterSupporting Cast
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Phillip WalshSupporting Cast
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Dari OdmanSupporting Cast
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Maria BehringerSupporting Cast
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Andrew BehringerCrew
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Brie PettyCrew
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Maria BehringerCrew
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Alex CrouchCrew
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Kendall DemarestCrew
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Valerie DetwilerCrew
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Eric OvertonCrew
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Von StormCrew
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Stephanie WalshCrew
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Kate SiefkerCrew
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Edward JoynerCrew
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Comedy, Drama, Action, French Documentary
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Runtime:14 minutes 40 seconds
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Completion Date:May 22, 2015
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Production Budget:500 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:Chinese, English, French
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Shooting Format:HDV
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
Brandon Walsh is a video artist based in Indianapolis, IN, working with creative and community-based clients. His films have been featured in a number of regional screenings and festivals in the Midwest. His short film “Good Man” won the audience award at the 2015 Iris Film Festival in Bloomington, IN. Before graduating from Indiana University in 2014, he was the programming director of the Campus’ film series and assisted at the IU Cinema, including interviewing Oscar-nominated directors David France and Joshua Oppenheimer. Brandon also serves on the features jury for the 2015 Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis.
I never would have guessed this was the script I was waiting my whole life to write- a comedy that combines a French documentary with an Indiana backdrop, power struggles and unpaid interns, big band jazz, loss and grief, action and violence, and thousands of the baskets I grew up with.
For as long as I can remember, my Mom has sold baskets. I was always surrounded by them, and in the past few years the operation has grown to take over large portions of my parents’ house. I wrote this film not only as a way for a large group of my talented friends to collaborate, but also to help excavate rooms lost to baskets, give life to what had become furniture, and reflect a kind of single-minded pursuit that follows loss in a way that feels absurd, but also real to me.
I’ve done several films over the past decade, but this is the first one set in that house. Maybe I’ve just been avoiding it, or it’s been too close to me. It’s not a stretch to say the film was written for the house as much as it was for the actors, and it’s somehow the most sincere and cynical work I’ve ever done- a loving parody of a real business whose real fellowship encompasses an enthusiasm and endless passion that I will never understand, but here’s my attempt anyway.