The Founder 2016

1h 55m Drama History

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

John Lee Hancock Director
Carter Burwell Original Music Composer

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5100

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7.21

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11.6K

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24.1M

Revenue

161%

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Nick Offerman

Dick McDonald

B.J. Novak

Harry J. Sonneborn

Laura Dern

Ethel Kroc

Kate Kneeland

June Martino

Patrick Wilson

Rollie Smith

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