The Founder
Overview
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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1 win & 5 nominations total
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"He took someone else's idea and America ate it up."
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Budget
$15,000,000
Revenue
$24,121,245
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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
Crew
Robert D. Siegel
Writer
Writing
John Lee Hancock
Director
Directing
Don Handfield
Producer
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John Schwartzman
Director of Photography
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Jeremy Renner
Producer
Production
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
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Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
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Karen Lunder
Executive Producer
Production
Glen Basner
Executive Producer
Production
Aaron Ryder
Producer
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David C. Glasser
Executive Producer
Production
Alison Cohen
Executive Producer
Production
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