# Help pausing a movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-pausing-a-movie/77894>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 31, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-pausing-a-movie/77894 "2005-01-31T15:51:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![zanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ee7513/32.png) [@zanze](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zanze)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-pausing-a-movie/77894/1 "2005-01-31T15:51:38Z")

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I have the following code:-

[color=slategray]if ((horowitz\_2 && horowitz\_1)== 2) {  
set(“horowitzTotal”, “4”);  
} else if ((horowitz\_2 && horowitz\_1)!= 2) {  
set(“horowitz\_1”, “0”);  
set(“horowitz\_2”, “0”);  
tellTarget (“mc\_horowitz”) {  
gotoAndStop(1);  
\_root.txt.\_visible=false;  
}  
tellTarget (“mc\_llyfr\_horowitz”) {  
gotoAndStop(1);  
\_root.txt.\_visible=false;  
}  
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[color=black]I want my movie to pause for a couple of seconds before performing the tellTarget (gotoAndStop) action. Any ideas how I would do this.[/color]

[color=black]Thanks.[/color]