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The Founder

  • 2016
  • PG-13
  • 1h 55m
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Michael Keaton in The Founder (2016)
Ray Kroc, a struggling salesman from Illinois, meets Mac and Dick McDonald, co-operators of a burger restaurant in 1950s Southern California.
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The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persist... Read allThe story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.

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    • John Lee Hancock
  • Writer
    • Robert Siegel
  • Stars
    • Michael Keaton
    • Nick Offerman
    • John Carroll Lynch
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    161K
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    175
    • Director
      • John Lee Hancock
    • Writer
      • Robert Siegel
    • Stars
      • Michael Keaton
      • Nick Offerman
      • John Carroll Lynch
    • 379User reviews
    • 324Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations

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    Michael Keaton, Wilbur Fitzgerald, and John Lee Hancock in The Founder (2016)
    John Carroll Lynch and Nick Offerman in The Founder (2016)
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    Laura Dern and Michael Keaton in The Founder (2016)
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    Michael Keaton
    Michael Keaton
    • Ray Kroc
    Nick Offerman
    Nick Offerman
    • Dick McDonald
    John Carroll Lynch
    John Carroll Lynch
    • Mac McDonald
    Linda Cardellini
    Linda Cardellini
    • Joan Smith
    B.J. Novak
    B.J. Novak
    • Harry J. Sonneborn
    Laura Dern
    Laura Dern
    • Ethel Kroc
    Justin Randell Brooke
    Justin Randell Brooke
    • Fred Turner
    Kate Kneeland
    Kate Kneeland
    • June Martino
    Patrick Wilson
    Patrick Wilson
    • Rollie Smith
    Griff Furst
    Griff Furst
    • Jim Zien
    Wilbur Fitzgerald
    Wilbur Fitzgerald
    • Jerry Cullen
    David de Vries
    David de Vries
    • Jack Horford
    Andrew Benator
    Andrew Benator
    • Leonard Rosenblatt
    Cara Mantella
    Cara Mantella
    • Myra Rosenblatt
    Randall Taylor
    Randall Taylor
    • Owner (Ed's Drive-In)
    Lacey King
    • Car Hop Girl (Ed's Drive-In)
    Jeremy Daniel Madden
    • Dennis
    • (as Jeremy Madden)
    Rebecca Ray
    Rebecca Ray
    • Car Hop Girl (Joe's Drive-In)
    • Director
      • John Lee Hancock
    • Writer
      • Robert Siegel
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    • Trivia
      The company Kroc worked for prior to founding McDonald's, Prince Castle, still exists, and supplies McDonald's with much of its equipment.
    • Goofs
      When Ray is looking at the map, he follows his finger along highway 66 and lands on San Bernardino. It shows some surrounding cities, one of which is "Moreno Valley". Moreno Valley didn't become an incorporated city until 1984. In the 1950's that city would have been called "Sunnymead" on a map.
    • Quotes

      Ray Kroc: Now, I know what you're thinkin'. How the heck does a 52-year-old, over-the-hill milkshake-machine salesman... build a fast-food empire with 16,000 restaurants, in 50 states, in 5 foreign countries... with an annual revenue of in the neighborhood of $700,000,000.00... One word... PERSISTENCE. Nothing in this world can take the place of good old persistence. Talent won't. Nothing's more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius won't. Unrecognized genius is practically a cliche. Education won't. Why the world is full of educated fools. Persistence and determination alone are all powerful.

    • Crazy credits
      During the opening/closing credits, the real Ray A Kroc is heard giving an interview about how he came to buy out McDonald's.
    • Connections
      Featured in Conan: Nick Offerman/Johnny Pemberton/Dorothy (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Mister Tap Toe
      Written by Rich Dehr (as Richard Dehr), Terry Gilkyson, Frank Miller

      Performed by Doris Day with Paul Weston and His Orchestra and The Norman Luboff Choir

      Courtesy of Columbia Records

      By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

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    8/10
    Heartbreaking
    Really don't even know how to review this movie. Acting was superb, but content makes me sick. I give this a 1 on storyline alone. Ray Kroc was a scumbag of the highest order, in a class all his own. My heart breaks for the McDonald Brothers who were steamrolled, manipulated, and who had their livelihood utterly destroyed by this cunning, ruthless, and I'm convinced, sociopathic man. Especially with the notes at the end how they never received one dime in royalties. This story will really make you hate McDonald's.
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    • Feb 25, 2017

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 20, 2017 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Greece
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Yiddish
    • Also known as
      • Nhà Sáng Lập
    • Filming locations
      • Coweta County, Georgia Administration Building parking lot, 22 East Broad Street, Newnan, Georgia, USA(The original octagonal McDonald brothers restaurant)
    • Production companies
      • The Weinstein Company
      • FilmNation Entertainment
      • Faliro House Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $12,786,053
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,404,102
      • Jan 22, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $24,121,245
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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