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The Founder (2016)

The Founder (2016)

Drama History

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

Release Date: 2016, November 24
Directors: John Lee Hancock
Countries: Greece, United States of America
Production: Speedie Distribution, FilmNation Entertainment, Faliro House Productions, The Combine, The Weinstein Company
Cast: Laura Dern, Michael Keaton, Afemo Omilami, Nick Offerman, Joseph Sanfelippo, Steve Coulter, B. J. Novak, Linda Cardellini, Patrick Wilson, Susan Savoie, David de Vries, Victor McCay

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.

Keywords:

biography based on true story ambition 1950s mcdonald's greed family business salesman corporate greed fast food corporate power burger