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Le Fondateur
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📅 2016 ⏱ 1h 55min PG-13 Released FHD / 4K

The Founder

"He took someone else's idea and America ate it up."

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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.

🎬 DirectorJohn Lee Hancock
📅 Release2016-11-24
🌍 CountryGreece, United States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioSpeedie Distribution, FilmNation Entertainment, Faliro House Productions
🗳 Votes5,294
🔥 Popularity4
💰 Budget$15,000,000
💵 Revenue$24,121,245
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🎭 Cast

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)

🎥 Crew

Unit Production ManagerParry Creedon
First Assistant DirectorPhil Hardage
Second Assistant DirectorAmir R. Khan
Production SupervisorLauren Heath
Post Production SupervisorErica Frauman
"A" Camera OperatorIan Fox
First Assistant "A" CameraDan Ming
Second Assistant "A" CameraRoss Davis
Digital Imaging TechnicianBrook Willard
"B" Camera OperatorBob Gorelick

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💬 Reviews

Reno⭐ 7/10

**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 go…

Filipe Manuel Neto⭐ 3/10

**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 disloyal. However, this is precisely why great businessmen are usually people worthy of our disdain: th…

The Movie Mob⭐ 7/10

**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 McDonald's anymore! Michael Keaton's relentless portrayal of the opportunistic and duplicitous Ray Kro…

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