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OK, this was excellent, 8/10. Keaton plays Kroc relentlessly and it was as fine a performance as I've seen this year.
It wasn't nominated for any Oscars, which is a crime and indicative of how little an actual movie has to do with the nominations it receives. I'm not saying I'd pick it to win any categories, but it absolutely deserved mention.
It wasn't nominated for any Oscars, which is a crime and indicative of how little an actual movie has to do with the nominations it receives. I'm not saying I'd pick it to win any categories, but it absolutely deserved mention.
The Real Reason The Founder Got No Oscar Nominations, According To The Director
Those paying attention to the awards circuit this year have seen these titles continually brought up: La La Land, Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea. Not only topping several 2016 Best Of lists, these three films have been the frontrunners for some of the biggest awards the film world has to offer. However, there's always that one film that gets overlooked during awards season despite its pedigree, and this year that film is The Founder. Despite its Oscar-y subject matter and the Michael Keaton of it all, the film failed to get any major nominations, and director John Lee Hancock chalks it up to poor strategy.
The Founder is based on the true story of Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a struggling, but relentless, salesman who discovers a little fast food burger joint called McDonald's. Kroc teams up with owners Dick and Mac McDonald to franchise the restaurant, but ultimately usurps them, taking control of their business and creating a global business empire. It had everything a movie needs to become an awards giant, but John Lee Hancock told Newsweek that it doesn't really matter if people don't know your movie exists. He said:
It's very disappointing. [Keaton's] so deserving. Nobody knew about us. We weren't in the conversation. The conversation for awards season starts months and months before, and it has to be carefully calculated, and it wasn't. Different people that were on the [Screen Actors Guild] nominating committee saw the movie and told me: 'This is my favorite movie of the year. I wish I would've known, I would've voted for Michael.' I don't know how to answer that except nobody knew about us. I can't answer the 'why wasn't it out there,' but I do know it wasn't out there. It wasn't positioned in a way to [earn awards]. I think everybody involved realizes the error of that. I certainly learned a valuable lesson - scream more.
Those paying attention to the awards circuit this year have seen these titles continually brought up: La La Land, Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea. Not only topping several 2016 Best Of lists, these three films have been the frontrunners for some of the biggest awards the film world has to offer. However, there's always that one film that gets overlooked during awards season despite its pedigree, and this year that film is The Founder. Despite its Oscar-y subject matter and the Michael Keaton of it all, the film failed to get any major nominations, and director John Lee Hancock chalks it up to poor strategy.
The Founder is based on the true story of Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a struggling, but relentless, salesman who discovers a little fast food burger joint called McDonald's. Kroc teams up with owners Dick and Mac McDonald to franchise the restaurant, but ultimately usurps them, taking control of their business and creating a global business empire. It had everything a movie needs to become an awards giant, but John Lee Hancock told Newsweek that it doesn't really matter if people don't know your movie exists. He said:
It's very disappointing. [Keaton's] so deserving. Nobody knew about us. We weren't in the conversation. The conversation for awards season starts months and months before, and it has to be carefully calculated, and it wasn't. Different people that were on the [Screen Actors Guild] nominating committee saw the movie and told me: 'This is my favorite movie of the year. I wish I would've known, I would've voted for Michael.' I don't know how to answer that except nobody knew about us. I can't answer the 'why wasn't it out there,' but I do know it wasn't out there. It wasn't positioned in a way to [earn awards]. I think everybody involved realizes the error of that. I certainly learned a valuable lesson - scream more.
