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The Founder (2016)

The Founder
The Founder
PG-13
History
Drama
Biography

Release Date
December 16, 2016
Director
John Lee Hancock
Cast
John Carroll Lynch , Nick Offerman , B.J. Novak , Steve Coulter , Laura Dern , Patrick Wilson , Michael Keaton , Linda Cardellini , Griff Furst , Kimberly Battista
Runtime
115 Minutes
Main Genre
Biography
Writers
Robert D. Siegel
Tagline
Risk taker. Rule breaker. Game changer.

Summary

The Founder is a drama that tells 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 in a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire. The tone of the script has been described as being akin to The Social Network and There Will Be Blood.

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