# Play movie backwards

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-movie-backwards/47235
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 1, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-movie-backwards/47235 "2004-04-01T12:41:30Z")
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### Author: ![WoGk7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@WoGk7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WoGk7)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-movie-backwards/47235/1 "2004-04-01T12:41:30Z")

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I want to play a movie i have loaded into a clip backwards. Why wont this work?

[AS]  
on(release){  
for(frame=\_root.clip.\_currentframe;frame==1;frame–){  
\_root.clip.gotoAndStop(frame);  
}  
}  
[/AS]