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The Founder (2016)

PG-1311/24/2016Drama, History1h 55m
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He took someone else's idea and America ate it up.

Overview

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Michael Keaton

    Ray Kroc

  2. Cast 1

    Nick Offerman

    Dick McDonald

  3. Cast 1

    John Carroll Lynch

    Mac McDonald

  4. Cast 1

    Linda Cardellini

    Joan Smith

  5. Cast 1

    B. J. Novak

    Harry J. Sonneborn

  6. Cast 1

    Laura Dern

    Ethel Kroc

  7. Cast 1

    Justin Randell Brooke

    Fred Turner

  8. Cast 1

    Kate Kneeland

    June Martino

  9. Cast 1

    Patrick Wilson

    Rollie Smith

**Veni, vidi, vici!** I anticipated another inspiring biopic about a man who built an empire. That's partially true, because this was inspired by the right kind of wrong thing. I mean it was not actually about the McDonalds' story, the McDonald brothers, but the fast food chain McDonald, how the franchise got rapidly spread across the globe and the person behind it. With the film having both good and bad side, it stayed mostly neutral. But due to the main character, you would see too much lean on what seems the reason behind the McDonald's today's popularity. So it's like another typical...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$15,000,000.00

Revenue $24,121,245.00

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