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THE FOUNDER
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, JAPAN
 
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Completed - Drama

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : John Lee HANCOCK
Writer(s) : Robert D. SIEGEL
Cast : Michael KEATON, Nick OFFERMAN, John Carroll LYNCH, Laura DERN, Linda CARDELLINI

Producer(s) : Aaron RYDER

Synopsis

It’s 1954, and America is a land
of prosperity and possibility. Families are growing, business
is booming, and kids spend their nights listening to Rock & Roll and hanging out at drive-ins. Ray Kroc (Keaton) is selling milkshake mixers door-to-door to restaurants around the country. It’s one of many ventures Ray has undertaken in his relentless pursuit of the American Dream. It is hard and often thankless work, but Ray clings to the notion of survival of the fittest even as success continues to evade him. Then he gets a huge order from two brothers named McDonald in southern California and everything changes.

Kroc has to see for himself what kind of operation could possibly serve that many milkshakes.
He takes a trip down Route 66 only to find a vision in the desert: a small drive-in restaurant sitting under a large golden arch, teaming with customers. This is not like other drive-in restaurants. There are no carhops - you stand in line and carry the food out yourself. The menu is simple and delicious - the best burger he’s ever had.

And the speed! He gets his order in 30 seconds, not 30 minutes, delivered in a paper bag. No plates, no glass, no mess. The customers are nothing but decent, wholesome-looking folks.

Everywhere he looks he sees families. And he sees the future.

But you can’t sell a billion burgers without making a few enemies, and Ray’s path to becoming the founder of the biggest restaurant chain the world has ever known is not without its own cost. This is a movie about ambition, persistence and the price of success.

The Founder is poised to be one of the most captivating stories of 2016.

Production

Country(ies) : USA

AUSTRALIA Nov 24, 2016 ROADSHOW FILMS
BELGIUM THE SEARCHERS
CANADA REMSTAR CORPORA
GERMANY SPLENDID FILM G
ITALY VIDEA S.P.A.
JAPAN Jul 29, 2017 TV TOKYO CORPOR
JAPAN KADOKAWA CORPOR
KOREA (Sou 9ERS ENTERTAINM
KOREA (Sou Apr 20, 2017 CREE PICTURES
PORTUGAL Mar 16, 2017 PRIS AUDIOVISUA
SWEDEN NOBLE ENTERTAIN
SWITZERLAN ASCOT ELITE ENT
TAIWAN APPLAUSE ENTERT
THAILAND M PICTURES CO.,
UNITED KIN STUDIOCANAL (UK
USA MONTAGE ENTERTA

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