# Loadmovie() / gotoandplay

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-gotoandplay/221173>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 2, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-gotoandplay/221173 "2007-04-02T05:23:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dragonknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Dragonknight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dragonknight)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-gotoandplay/221173/1 "2007-04-02T05:23:19Z")

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im having a problem with  
Loadmovie()

im trying to load a movie and gotoandplay it

like this

```auto
var placeholder:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("monster", 5);
monster.loadMovie(_root.monsterfile);
monster._x = placeholder._x;
monster._y = placeholder._y;

```

on first frame of the movie
* * *
in a movieclip

```auto
_root.playerattack("melee","earth")
_root.placeholder.monster.gotoandplay("hit")

```

but it doesn’t work :S  
it does load the movieclip though

this is really bothering me :S