The Founder
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2016
1h 55m
PG-13
English
Drama, History
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The Founder
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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Cast
Ray Kroc
Dick McDonald
Mac McDonald
Joan Smith
Harry J. Sonneborn
Ethel Kroc
Fred Turner
June Martino
Rollie Smith
Jim Zien
Jerry Cullen
Jack Horford
Leonard Rosenblatt
Myra Rosenblatt
Owner (Ed's Drive-In)
Dennis
Car Hop Girl (Joe's Drive-In)
Employee (San Bernadino)
Woman (San Bernadino)
Loan Officer #1
Loan Officer #2
Harvey Peltz
Mrs. Horford
Mrs. Cullen
Art Wolodarsky
Directed By: John Lee Hancock
Written By: Robert D. Siegel
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FinFan
/10 7 years ago
Ray Kroc was probably one of the most unlikable characters there were who was leeching of other peoples ideas and screwing them up all over the place. That can be said about many successful businessmen. The only argument one could make that without him McDonalds might never have become what it is. P More
mooney240
2 years ago
**Overall : A brilliant telling of a bleak story that left a disappointing flavor in my soul.**
I remember the plaque in our McDonalds growing up about its founder, Ray Kroc, but this movie tells a much different story. Suddenly, I am questioning whether or not I should let my two-year-old eat Mc More
I remember the plaque in our McDonalds growing up about its founder, Ray Kroc, but this movie tells a much different story. Suddenly, I am questioning whether or not I should let my two-year-old eat Mc More
Filipe Manuel Dias Neto
2 years ago
**A decent film, although the story told is substantially stilted and made more tense than it actually was.**
We all know that the business world is not for boy scouts. As the film's protagonist himself assumes, you have to be prepared for the toughness of competitors and moves that are often dis More
We all know that the business world is not for boy scouts. As the film's protagonist himself assumes, you have to be prepared for the toughness of competitors and moves that are often dis More
Reno
6 years ago
**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 More
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 More
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