I don't think my solution (above) will work, but I was thinking levels on the stage. I believe I've tried that before, and it didn't work.

You may have to unload the first level, and reload to another level. Since the movie is already in memory it may just move it without downloading again.

unloadMovieNum(99);
loadMovieNum("the.swf", 89);

Let us know if you find something that works.