New Trailer for Michael Keaton's Fantastic Film THE FOUNDER

I recently had the chance to catch a screening of the upcoming film The Founder, which tells the story of how McDonalds rose to fast food power. It was a great movie, and Michael Keaton gave an awesome performance that should secure him an Oscar nomination.

Keaton plays Ray Kroc, who was a milkshake machine salesman who saw potential in McDonalds back in the 1950s when there was only one location being run by two brothers. Kroc is the guy who jumped at the opportunity to transform it into a huge franchise. Along the way, he did some stuff that really makes you not like the guy. I already wasn't a fan of McDonalds, but this movie made me like it even less. 

The movie was marvelously directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks), and this is the synopsis:

The founder tells the true story of how Ray Kroc, a struggling 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. Writer Robert Siegel (THE WRESTLER) details how Kroc maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire."

The movie also stars Laura Dern as Ray Kroc’s first wife Ethel; Linda Cardellini as his second wife Joan Smith; John Carroll Lynch as Mac McDonald; and Nick Offerman as Dick McDonald. It's currently playing in Los Angeles and New York, and it will get a wide release on January 20th.

In Theaters Everywhere January 20th! SYNOPSIS Written by Robert Siegel (BIG FAN), 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.

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