The Founder

Movie Review
Release on: Jan 20, 2017

Movie name	:	The Founder
Genres	:	Biography, Drama, History
Run time	:	115 min
Produced by	:	Don Handfield
Directed by	:	John Lee Hancock
Music by	:	Carter Burwell
Writers	:	Robert D. Siegel
Cinematography	:	John Schwartzman
Edited by	:	Robert Frazen
Production	:	FilmNation Entertainment The Combine
Countries	:	USA

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Stars : Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, B.J. Novak, Laura Dern, Justin Randell Brooke, Kate Kneeland, Patrick Wilson, Griff Furst, Wilbur Fitzgerald, David de Vries, Andrew Benator, Cara Mantella, Randall Taylor, Lacey King, Jeremy Madden, Rebecca Ray, Adam Rosenberg, Jacinte Blankenship, Charles Green, David Silverman, Mike Pniewski, Catherine Dyer, Susan Williams, Franco Castan, Kenny Alfonso, Kabby Borders, Nicolette Goetz, Lauren Denham, Abbey Ferrell, Mathias Alvarez, Victor McCay, Steve Coulter, Ric Reitz, Joy Glover Walters, Makabe Ganey, Jody Thompson, Chris Greene, Kimberly Banta, Devon Ogden, Gerald Duckworth, Jen Cohen, David Zyler, Joe Sanfelippo, Kimberly Battista, Emilia Bella, Bradley Bowen, Marshall Choka, William Curtis Coppersmith, Marc Crandlemire, Kemuel Crossty, Mark Falvo, Tracy Goode, Travis Gore, Brice Anthony Heller, Josh Henry, Cody Howard, Marie Joelyn, Perry Johnson, Kendall Kiker, Omar Lagudali, Hayley H. Long, Richard Molina, Dan Mulvaney, Tommy O'Brien, Afemo Omilami, Anna Phillips, Valeri Rogers, Patti Schellhaas, Donna Sexton, Carla Shinall, Doug Stroup, Kristi Von, Glenn Walkup, Conrad Whitaker

Story : The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' fast food eatery, McDonald's, into one of the biggest restaurant businesses in the world.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Persistence can overshadow talent if you refuse to think big, is what Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) firmly believes. He is a fading salesman, who sells milkshake machines and follows a motto that for any business, an increase in supply creates its own demand. The moment he lays eyes on Dick and Mac McDonald’s fast-food burger restaurant with one of a kind self-service system, he envisions it as an international franchise. His big American dream doesn’t entice the brothers, who are content with what they have. Kroc convinces them to let him set up a franchise operation for them and in no time arm-twists the owners to step back and watch him takeover.
Hancock not only tells us the story of how the McDonald's empire came into being but also addresses a relevant life-crisis… Can the modest survive in the dog-eat-dog world and what should one focus on — quality or quantity? While the story doesn’t justify Kroc’s ruthless business antics and his complete disregard for ethics, it doesn’t overlook his vision, branding genius and contribution to the formation of the McDonald’s empire either.

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The Founder

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