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The Founder

The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.

Director

John Lee Hancock

Year

Genre

biography, drama

Box Office

$12,786,053

Production

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

Awards

1 win & 5 nominations

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Ray Kroc

Dick McDonald

Mac McDonald

John Carroll Lynch

Joan Smith

Linda Cardellini

Harry J. Sonneborn

Ethel Kroc

Fred Turner

Justin Randell Brooke

June Martino

Rollie Smith

Jim Zien

Jerry Cullen

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Jack Horford

Leonard Rosenblatt

Myra Rosenblatt

Owner (Ed's Drive-In)

Car Hop Girl (Ed's Drive-In)

Dennis (as Jeremy Madden)

Jeremy Daniel Madden

Car Hop Girl (Joe's Drive-In)

Employee (San Bernadino)

Woman (San Bernadino)

Jacinte Blankenship

Loan Officer #1

Loan Officer #2 (as David Marshall Silverman)

David Silverman

Harvey Peltz

Mrs. Horford

Mrs. Cullen

Art Wolodarsky

Kroc Corporate Lawyer

Cheerleader #1

Cheerleader #2

Nicolette Goetz

Cheerleader #3

Cheerleader #4

Photographer (as Mathias Alvarez)

Kroc Divorce Lawyer

Doctor Reeves

Will Davis (LA Times Reporter)

Mother (San Bernadino)

Joy Glover Walters

Little Boy

Customer (Schaumburg)

Grand Opening Customer Churchill

Bingo Caller

Gorgeous Blonde

Owner (Joe's Drive-In) (as Gerald L. Duckworth)

Gerald Duckworth

Female Passenger

Dr. Nelson (as Dave Zyler)

McDonald's Announcer (voice) (as Joe Sanfelippo)

Joseph Sanfelippo

Teenage Bully

Crew Manager

Mrs. Michael Finn

Kimberly Battista

Father

Country Club Diner

Shriner

Marc Crandlemire

McDonald's Employee

Photographer

Realtor

McDonald's Employee

Waiter

McDonald's Employee

Steakhouse Patron / McDonald's Family Customer

Restaurant Patron

Steakhouse Patron

Bank Teller

Restaurant Manager

Mr. Merriman

Car Hop

Cheerleader

Wealthy Country Club Diner

Patti Schellhaas

First McDonald's Family / Customer

Mom at McDonald's

McDonald Brothers' Lawyer

Golfer / Country Club Member

Investor

Limo Driver

Conrad Whitaker

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Employee (san Bernadino)Ray Kroc Divorce Lawyer Dick Mcdonald Jerry Cullen Jack Horford Mac Mcdonald Harry J. Sonneborn Leonard Rosenblatt Mcdonald's Employees

Have you heard of the franchise realty corporation? - The Founder

Have you heard of the franchise realty corporation?

Let me explain something to you dickYou boys have full say over what goes on inside the restaurantsBut outside Above BelowYour authority stops at the doorAnd at the floorAlrightWhat's he sayingHe's buying the landOur land - The Founder

Let me explain something to you dickYou boys have full say...

What's he saying? - The Founder

What's he saying?

Make sure you get that in focus. - The Founder

Make sure you get that in focus.

Delivery! - The Founder

You calling me bold, Joan? - The Founder

You calling me bold, Joan?

Harry: That's a fast growing area. - The Founder

Harry: That's a fast growing area.

Look if you don't want to make a profit that's fineBut don't stop the rest of usUs UsAs in everyone but youWho did you send them toEveryone but youYou have no right you are to stop this instantIs that clearNahWhat the hell does that mean NahYou will abide - The Founder

Look if you don't want to make a profit that's...

You know, contracts are like hearts. - The Founder

You know, contracts are like hearts.

Could you please pass the salt? - The Founder

Could you please pass the salt?

I want a divorce - The Founder

I want a divorce

When quietly trying to settle a divorcethe first thing to ask is what will she wantAnd is her request reasonable and equitablein terms of marital propertyThere's a house a carsavings and checking accounts insuranceJust give it to her House car - The Founder

When quietly trying to settle a divorcethe first thing to...

Nope. Ray, you have to understand, she's... Let me explain something to you. That's never going to h - The Founder

Nope. Ray, you have to understand, she's... Let me...

It's not so simple. - The Founder

It's not so simple.

This is not your company Ray - The Founder

This is not your company Ray

Let me talk to him While you two boys were contentto sit back and be a couple of also ransI'm going to take the future I wanna winAnd you don't get there by being some aw shucks nice guy sapThere's no place in business for people like thatBusiness is - The Founder

Let me talk to him While you two boys were contentto sit...

If my competitor were drowning - The Founder

If my competitor were drowning

I can't, nor would I want to. - The Founder

I can't, nor would I want to.

He's national... - The Founder

He's national...

Are you following your eating plan? - The Founder

Are you following your eating plan?

Okay. You need to watch that, it's a big contributing factor. So as I said, your kidney function is - The Founder

Okay. You need to watch that, it's a big contributing...

William who rode with revere? - The Founder

William who rode with revere?

How ya feelin'? - The Founder

How ya feelin'?

Go ahead. - The Founder

- What's this? - The Founder

What's this? - The Founder

Then that's ahh... - The Founder

Then that's ahh...

Okay. You get better, you'll be up on your feet in no time. And we'll talk. Alright. Dick. - The Founder

Okay. You get better, you'll be up on your feet in no...

We will never beat him. - The Founder

We will never beat him.

Look fellas, you'll get your full royalties. - The Founder

Look fellas, you'll get your full royalties.

You've got my word on that. - The Founder

You've got my word on that.

Alright. - The Founder

I just have to ask you one thingSomething I've never understoodAlrightThat day we met we gave you the tourUh huh What about itWe showed you everythingThe whole system all our secretsWe were an open bookSo why didn't you justSteal itJust grab your ideas - The Founder

I just have to ask you one thingSomething I've never...

Bye, dick. - The Founder

You sure about that? - The Founder

You sure about that?

As per the terms
of your agreement, - The Founder

As per the terms of your agreement,

Now I know what you're thinkingHow the heck does a 52 year old over the hillmilkshake machine salesman build a fast food empirewith 1600 restaurants in 50 states five foreign countrieswith an annual revenue of in the neighborhoodof 700 million dollarsOne - The Founder

Now I know what you're thinkingHow the heck does a 52...

Nothing in this world can take the place of good ol' persistence. - The Founder

Nothing in this world can take the place of good ol'...

Mr. Kroc? Will Davis. I'd like to do a profile of you...

It's these core principles that enabled me to rise to the top of the heap at a point in life when most men would be thinking about retirement. - The Founder

It's these core principles that enabled me to rise to...

Why look at us a couple of Illinois boys made goodOnly in AmericaOnly in AmericaOnly in America - The Founder

Why look at us a couple of Illinois boys made goodOnly in...

That's where it all started. - The Founder

That's where it all started.

It was a typical English-American word, it flowed. - The Founder

It was a typical English-American word, it flowed.

Nobody had eight multi-mixers in one business. - The Founder

Nobody had eight multi-mixers in one business.

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The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: John Lee Hancock

Writer: Robert Siegel

Production: Speedie Distribution,FilmNation Entertainment,Faliro House Productions,The Combine,The Weinstein Company

Genre: biography, drama

Year: 2016

MetaScore: 66/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: $12,786,053

Released: 20 Jan 2017

Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations

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