# How do I make a movie stop for a while

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-movie-stop-for-a-while/158574
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 10, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-movie-stop-for-a-while/158574 "2005-08-10T15:35:03Z")
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### Author: ![CrazyWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CrazyWolf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CrazyWolf)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-movie-stop-for-a-while/158574/1 "2005-08-10T15:35:03Z")

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I am trying to stop a movie at a certain point without just putting a zillion of static frames. I am using this but it wont wrok. Any Ideas?

```auto
for (i=0; i<10000; i++) {
	stop();
}
gotoAndPlay(36);

```