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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_FounderThe Founder - Wikipedia

    Starring Michael Keaton as businessman Ray Kroc, the film depicts the story of his creation of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain, which eventually involved forcing out the company's original founders to take control with conniving ruthlessness.

  2. Aug 4, 2016 · The Founder true story reveals that Richard and Mac McDonald had already sold more than 20 franchises and opened eight restaurants themselves by the time they met Ray Kroc. In 1954, Kroc got wind that the brothers were looking for help expanding, so he offered to buy the U.S. franchise rights.

  3. Jan 20, 2017 · The Founder: Directed by John Lee Hancock. With Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini. 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.

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    • Biography, Drama
    • John Lee Hancock
    • 2017-01-20
  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ray_KrocRay Kroc - Wikipedia

    Michael Keaton portrayed Kroc in the 2016 John Lee Hancock film The Founder. The film's depiction of Kroc's franchise development, nationwide expansion, and ultimate acquisition of McDonald's, offered a critical view of his treatment of the founding McDonald brothers.

  5. Raymond L. "Ray" Loewen (born June 27, 1940) is a Canadian businessman, best known as the former owner of Loewen Funeral Group, as depicted in the 2023 film The Burial. Loewen also had a brief political career, serving as an MLA in British Columbia in the late 1970s.

  6. Feb 16, 2023 · Yes, ‘The Founder’ is based on a true story. John Lee Hancock’s film is a biographical account of Ray Kroc, who is renowned as the founder” of McDonald’s despite not starting the company.

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  8. The true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a struggling salesman from Illinois, met Mac (John Carroll Lynch) and Dick McDonald (Nick Offerman), who were running a burger operation in 1950s...

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