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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.

  • Brandon Walsh
    Director
    Good Man, A Children, Plato's Inferno
  • Brandon Walsh
    Writer
  • Russell Sheaffer
    Producer
    Masculinity/Femininity (Director), Acetate Diary (Director) Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (Producer)
  • Adam Cook
    Producer
  • Nancy Walsh
    Producer
  • Adam Cook
    Key Cast
  • Travis Brown
    Key Cast
  • Mike Blomquist
    Key Cast
  • Kalen Granger
    Key Cast
  • Jessica Froelich
    Supporting Cast
  • Ian Barker
    Supporting Cast
  • Max Walter
    Supporting Cast
  • Phillip Walsh
    Supporting Cast
  • Dari Odman
    Supporting Cast
  • Maria Behringer
    Supporting Cast
  • Andrew Behringer
    Crew
  • Brie Petty
    Crew
  • Maria Behringer
    Crew
  • Alex Crouch
    Crew
  • Kendall Demarest
    Crew
  • Valerie Detwiler
    Crew
  • Eric Overton
    Crew
  • Von Storm
    Crew
  • Stephanie Walsh
    Crew
  • Kate Siefker
    Crew
  • Edward Joyner
    Crew
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Drama, Action, French Documentary
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 22, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    Chinese, English, French
  • Shooting Format:
    HDV
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Brandon Walsh

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.

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Director Statement

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.