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The Founder is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by John Lee Hancock and written by Robert Siegel.Starring Michael Keaton as businessman Ray Kroc, the film is based on the story of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain, which eventually involved into the company's original founders to take control with conniving ruthlessness.
The Founder (2016) – biographical drama film based on a true story about Ray Kroc and the start of the McDonald's franchise [67] Free State of Jones (2016) – historical war film inspired by the life of Newton Knight and his armed revolt against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi, throughout the American Civil War [68]
June Martino (August 10, 1917 – January 29, 2005) was an American businesswoman who became Ray Kroc's bookkeeper in 1948 and ultimately rose to Corporate Secretary, Treasurer, Director and part-owner of McDonald's Corporation. [1]
Kroc's acquisition of the McDonald's franchise as well as his "Kroc-style" business tactics are the subject of Mark Knopfler's 2004 song "Boom, Like That". [ 42 ] [ 43 ] Kroc co-authored the book Grinding It Out , first published in 1977 and reissued in 2016; it served as the basis for a biographical movie about Kroc.
John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) [1] is an American character actor and film director.He first gained notice for his role as Norm Gunderson in Fargo (1996). He is also known for his television work on the ABC sitcom The Drew Carey Show (1997–2004) as the title character's cross-dressing brother, Steve Carey, as well as on four seasons of American Horror Story (2014–2019), most ...
Ray Donovan fans — closure is coming. Production on Showtime’s feature-length Ray Donovan movie — which picks up where that Season 7 cliffhanger left off — is officially underway in New ...
McMillions (stylized as McMillion$) is a documentary miniseries about the McDonald's Monopoly promotion scam that occurred between 1989 and 2001. Directed by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte, the series details how the scam was perpetrated by Jerry Jacobson, [1] the head of security for the agency that ran the promotion, and how he recruited a wide range of accomplices.
At a later point in the plot in this same movie, Fred Turner has a much larger presence, during Ray Kroc's successful attempts to open up McDonald's restaurants in the Twin Cities area in Minnesota. He is also amply portrayed in season 2, episode 12 "Game of Chicken" of The History Channel series The Food That Built America. [8]