The Founder
“He took someone else's idea and America ate it up.”
DramaHistory
The true story of how Ray Kroc, 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.
VIBE
This film feels like a relentless, morally ambiguous ascent, showcasing the intoxicating pull of ambition and the slippery slope of corporate maneuvering. It's a sharp, driven exploration of how a vision can be both built and ruthlessly seized, leaving a lingering sense of unease about the cost of empire-building.
ambitiouscutthroatdrivencynicalunsettlingpropulsivebiographical dramaperiod piececorporate realismcorporate greedambitionethics vs. profitthe American dream
greedambitionbiographyfamily business based on true storysalesmancorporate greedfast foodcorporate power1950sburgermcdonald's
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