Is it possible to run a movie only twice

hi,

I have a movie clip two in fact that duplicates and runs. I wanted to know if it is possible to run the movie only twice. the duplicated movie clip runs on the y axis only. Now i would like the movieclips to run twice from the bottom to the top and then stop (it will not play again). Is this possible. I have tried using a counter which will track the number of times the movie is played, but when the trace action records the second time, the trace action stops counting and the movie continues. Is there a way to stop the movie.

Thanks,
vazash.