“The Founder” Shares How McDonald’s Became the New American Church

The Weinstein Company

Hear about what Academy Award nominee Michael Keaton brings to the role of McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc and go behind the scenes of The Founder.

Written by Robert Siegel, The Founder is a drama that tells the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire. It features an all-star cast that includes; Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman and John Carrol Lynch, Linda Cardellini, BJ Novak, Patrick Wilson and Laura Dern.

In Theaters Everywhere January 20th

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