'The Founder' and the Complicated True Story Behind the Founding of McDonald's

The man who built one of the largest restaurant franchises in the world is not named McDonald.

Ray Kroc, who transformed a small burger joint into a global fast food giant, is already a household name for many Big Mac fans, but The Founder—a movie that opened on limited release Friday—tells the story behind the origins of McDonald's and how Kroc rewrote history to call himself the founder of the company.

Or, rather, it tells one version of the story.