
The Founder
PG-13“He took someone else's idea and America ate it up.”
2016·115 min·Released
Studio: Faliro House Productions, FilmNation Entertainment, Speedie Distribution, The Combine, The Weinstein Company
7.1TMDb
7.2IMDb
80%RT
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Theatrical Nov 24, 2016Physical Apr 18, 2017
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.
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Crew
DirectorJohn Lee Hancock
WriterRobert D. Siegel
Cast

Michael Keaton
Ray Kroc

Nick Offerman
Dick McDonald

John Carroll Lynch
Mac McDonald

Linda Cardellini
Joan Smith

B.J. Novak
Harry J. Sonneborn

Laura Dern
Ethel Kroc

Justin Randell Brooke
Fred Turner

Kate Kneeland
June Martino

Patrick Wilson
Rollie Smith

Griff Furst
Jim Zien

Wilbur Fitzgerald
Jerry Cullen

David de Vries
Jack Horford

Andrew Benator
Leonard Rosenblatt

Cara Mantella
Myra Rosenblatt

Randall Taylor
Owner (Ed's Drive-In)
Lacey King
Car Hop Girl (Ed's Drive-In)
Jeremy Madden
Dennis

Rebecca Ray
Car Hop Girl (Joe's Drive-In)

Adam Rosenberg
Employee (San Bernadino)

Jacinte Blankenship
Woman (San Bernadino)
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Keywords
greedambitionbiographyfamily business based on true storysalesmancorporate greedfast foodcorporate power1950sburgermcdonald's
Details
Budget
$15M
Revenue
$24M
TMDb Votes
5,375
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