The Founder
2016/11/24 (US) | Drama, History
He took someone else's idea and America ate it up.
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.
John Lee Hancock
Director
Lead 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
Recommendations
Budget
$ 15,000,000
Revenue
$ 24,121,245
Status
Released
Production Company
- Speedie Distribution
- FilmNation Entertainment
- Faliro House Productions
- The Combine
Crews
Parry Creedon
Unit Production Manager
Phil Hardage
First Assistant Director
Amir R. Khan
Second Assistant Director
Lauren Heath
Production Supervisor
Erica Frauman
Post Production Supervisor
Ian Fox
"A" Camera Operator
Dan Ming
First Assistant "A" Camera
Ross Davis
Second Assistant "A" Camera