Title: The Founder
Original Title: The Founder
Year: 2016
Info
- Country: USA Greece
- Language: English
- Length: 115 Minutes (1 hour 55 min)
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Genre: Biography Drama History
- Studios: The Weinstein Company FilmNation Entertainment Faliro House Productions
- Distributor: Diamond Films
- Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: February 17 2017
- United States: January 20 2017
Plot
The Weinstein Company is producing this film about the beginnings of McDonald's, one of the most famous fast food chains in the world. 'The Founder' is directed by John Lee Hancock, written by Robert Siegel and starring Michael Keaton as the main character.
The 'Birdman' actor plays the role of Ray Kroc, a salesman that met the McDonald's bothers Mac (John Carroll Lynch) and Dick (Nick Offerman) who operated a small hamburger restaurant and dreamed about creating a way to make and serve fast food that everybody would like during the fifties. This film shows the process of creating the world-known fast food company and all the problems Ray Kroc had to become the new owner of the McDonald's restaurants.
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Trivia
Build from scratch
The McDonald's restaurants depicted were built from scratch in parking lots, as the crew was unable to locate suitable existing restaurants in locations which matched the desired look of the film.
Ice cream for everyone
Feeling generous after a long day of filming, Michael Keaton rented two ice cream trucks for the film crew after he saw them exhausted.
Learning piano
Michael Keaton took up piano lessons in preparation for the movie after discovering the real Ray Kroc liked to play piano.
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