The Founder
“He took someone else's idea and America ate it up.”
2016•PG-13•1h 55m•7.2•Released
DramaHistory
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.
Director
John Lee Hancock
Writer
Robert D. Siegel
Budget
$15M
Revenue
$24M
Languages
English
Studio
Speedie Distribution
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)
Production
Company
Speedie Distribution
Company
FilmNation Entertainment
Company
Faliro House Productions
Company
The Combine
Company
The Weinstein Company
Producer
Don Handfield
Producer
Jeremy Renner
Producer
Aaron Ryder
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