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The Expendables is a 2010 American ensemble action film written by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone, and directed by Stallone, who also starred in the lead role.

The film co-stars Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Steve Austin and Mickey Rourke.

The film was released in the United States on August 13, 2010.

It is the first installment in The Expendables film series.

This was Dolph Lundgren's first theatrically released film since 1995's Johnny Mnemonic, and Steve Austin's last theatrical release film until 2013's Grown Ups 2.

The cinema of the United States, often metonymously referred to as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century.

The dominant style of American cinema is Classical Hollywood Cinema, which developed from 1917-1960 and characterizes most films to this day.

While the French Lumière Brothers are generally credited with the birth of modern cinema, it is American cinema that soon became the most dominant force in an emerging industry.

Since the 1920s, the American film industry has grossed more money every year than that of any other country.

Digital video is a representation of moving visual images in the form of encoded digital data.

This is in contrast to analog video, which represents moving visual images with analog signals.

Digital video comprises a series digital images displayed in rapid succession.

In contrast, one of the key analog video methods, motion picture film, uses a series of photographs which are projected in rapid succession.

Standard film stocks such as 16 mm and 35 mm record at 24 frames per second.

For video, there are two frame rate standards: NTSC, at about 30 frames per second, and PAL at 25 frames per second.

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, theatrical film or photoplay, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon.

This optical illusion causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession.

The process of filmmaking is both an art and an industry.

A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques; by means of CGI and computer animation; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects.

In the U.S. and Canada, grips are lighting and rigging technicians in the filmmaking and video production industries.

They constitute their own department on a film set and are directed by a key grip.

Grips have two main functions.

The first is to work closely with the camera department to provide camera support, especially if the camera is mounted to a dolly, crane, or in an unusual position, such as the top of a ladder.

Some grips may specialize in operating camera dollies or camera cranes.

The second main function of grips is to work closely with the electrical department to create lighting set-ups necessary for a shot under the direction of the director of photography.