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Feature film — 2016

The Founder (2016)

7.21h 55mDrama — History

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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A high-signal pick with 5,605 votes.

Speedie Distribution / FilmNation Entertainment / Faliro House Productions / The Combine / The Weinstein Company

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Director: John Lee Hancock

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Cast & crew

Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc

Michael Keaton

Ray Kroc

Nick Offerman as Dick McDonald

Nick Offerman

Dick McDonald

John Carroll Lynch as Mac McDonald

John Carroll Lynch

Mac McDonald

Linda Cardellini as Joan Smith

Linda Cardellini

Joan Smith

B.J. Novak as Harry J. Sonneborn

B.J. Novak

Harry J. Sonneborn

Laura Dern as Ethel Kroc

Laura Dern

Ethel Kroc

Justin Randell Brooke as Fred Turner

Justin Randell Brooke

Fred Turner

Kate Kneeland as June Martino

Kate Kneeland

June Martino

Patrick Wilson as Rollie Smith

Patrick Wilson

Rollie Smith

Griff Furst as Jim Zien

Griff Furst

Jim Zien

Wilbur Fitzgerald as Jerry Cullen

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Jerry Cullen

David de Vries as Jack Horford

David de Vries

Jack Horford

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