The Founder Page #3

Synopsis: This drama tells 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.
Production: The Weinstein Company
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
PG-13
Year:
2016
115 min
$12,785,093
Website
8,298 Views


RAY KROC:

Six?

JUNE MARTINO:

Some drive-in out in California.

RAY KROC:

One place? That’s impossible.

JUNE MARTINO:

I’ve got the slip right here.

RAY KROC:

You must’ve misunderstood. Give me

the number, I’ll straighten it out.

EXT. MERRIMAN’S DRIVE-IN - SHORT TIME LATER-

Kroc pours a few nickels into the pay phone, dials a number

off his wrist.

YOUNG EMPLOYEE (O.S.)

Hello?

RAY KROC:

Good afternoon. May I please speak

to the owner?

8.

YOUNG EMPLOYEE (O.S.)

Which one?

RAY KROC:

I’m sorry?

YOUNG EMPLOYEE (O.S.)

Dick or Mac?

RAY KROC:

Um, whomever’s available.

The guy puts the phone down, heads off. Through the receiver,

Kroc hears the sounds of an insanely busy--and efficient-kitchen.

“Order up!”... “I need six fries!”... “Patties up!”

DICK MCDONALD (O.S.)

This is Dick.

RAY KROC:

Hello Dick, this is Ray Kroc from

Prince Castle Sales. I’m phoning

because someone there placed an

order with us for some Multimixers.

DICK MCDONALD:

Yes, yes, that was me. How soon can

you get ‘em out here?

RAY KROC:

Well, that’s actually why I was

calling. I believe there may have

been a miscommunication between-

In the background, someone SHOUTS SOMETHING to Dick.

DICK MCDONALD:

Freezer! Top shelf, left side!

(back to Kroc)

Sorry.

RAY KROC:

My secretary’s under the impression

you wanted six.

DICK MCDONALD:

You know what? I think that’s a

mistake.

RAY KROC:

That’s what I figured. What kind of

drive-in would be making 30 shakes

at a-

9.

DICK MCDONALD:

Better make it eight.

ON KROC-- flabbergasted. Another background SHOUT.

DICK MCDONALD (CONT’D)

What’s that, Al? There’s a brand-

new box in the storeroom!

(to Kroc)

Look, now isn’t the best time.

RAY KROC:

I’m sorry, I’m still a bit-

DICK MCDONALD:

You know where to send ‘em, right?

San Bernardino, California. Corner

of 14th and E.

RAY KROC:

To anyone in particular?

DICK MCDONALD:

Just the store is fine. McDonald’s.

Another BACKGROUND SHOUT distracts Dick.

DICK MCDONALD (CONT’D)

I gotta go. Just get those mixers

out here ASAP, okay? Thanks!

Click. Kroc stares at the receiver. What the hell was that?

EXT. MERRIMAN’S DRIVE-IN - MOMENTS LATER

Kroc stands over a U.S. ROAD MAP on the hood of his car. He

unfolds it, opening the map westward. (Note: This part of the

map is not well-worn like the Midwest; it’s virgin territory

for Kroc.)

Kroc’s eyes drift westward to California. They land on a

small town 60 miles east of Los Angeles: San Bernardino.

Kroc looks at the whole country. He notices something. A road

directly connecting St. Louis to San Bernardino. Route 66.

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Robert D. Siegel

Robert D. Siegel (born November 12, 1971) is an American screenwriter for The Onion Movie and The Wrestler, as well as the writer and director of Big Fan. more…

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