diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj b/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj
index b64745edbe..12c377d548 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@
     <Compile Include="LogWindow.Designer.cs">
       <DependentUpon>LogWindow.cs</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="MainForm.Movie.cs">
+      <SubType>Form</SubType>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="movie\EditCommentsForm.cs">
       <SubType>Form</SubType>
     </Compile>
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.Movie.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.Movie.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85e4a88bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.Movie.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+
+namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
+{
+	partial class MainForm
+	{
+		public bool ReadOnly = true;	//Global Movie Read only setting
+		public Movie UserMovie = new Movie();
+
+		public void StartNewMovie(Movie m, bool record)
+		{
+
+			UserMovie = m;
+			LoadRom(Global.MainForm.CurrentlyOpenRom);
+			UserMovie.LoadMovie();
+			Global.Config.RecentMovies.Add(m.Filename);
+
+			if (record)
+			{
+				UserMovie.StartNewRecording();
+				ReadOnly = false;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				UserMovie.StartPlayback();
+			}
+			SetMainformMovieInfo();
+		}
+
+		public void SetMainformMovieInfo()
+		{
+			if (UserMovie.Mode == MOVIEMODE.PLAY || UserMovie.Mode == MOVIEMODE.FINISHED)
+			{
+				Text = DisplayNameForSystem(Global.Game.System) + " - " + Global.Game.Name + " - " + Path.GetFileName(UserMovie.Filename);
+				PlayRecordStatus.Image = BizHawk.MultiClient.Properties.Resources.Play;
+				PlayRecordStatus.ToolTipText = "Movie is in playback mode";
+			}
+			else if (UserMovie.Mode == MOVIEMODE.RECORD)
+			{
+				Text = DisplayNameForSystem(Global.Game.System) + " - " + Global.Game.Name + " - " + Path.GetFileName(UserMovie.Filename);
+				PlayRecordStatus.Image = BizHawk.MultiClient.Properties.Resources.RecordHS;
+				PlayRecordStatus.ToolTipText = "Movie is in record mode";
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				Text = DisplayNameForSystem(Global.Game.System) + " - " + Global.Game.Name;
+				PlayRecordStatus.Image = BizHawk.MultiClient.Properties.Resources.Blank;
+				PlayRecordStatus.ToolTipText = "";
+			}
+		}
+
+			/*TODO: remove this or make usermovie private*/
+		public Movie GetActiveMovie()
+		{
+			if (UserMovie.Mode != MOVIEMODE.INACTIVE)
+				return UserMovie;
+			else
+				return null;
+		}
+
+		public bool MovieActive()
+		{
+			if (UserMovie.Mode != MOVIEMODE.INACTIVE)
+				return true;
+			else
+				return false;
+		}
+
+		private void PlayMovie()
+		{
+			PlayMovie p = new PlayMovie();
+			DialogResult d = p.ShowDialog();
+		}
+
+		private void RecordMovie()
+		{
+			RecordMovie r = new RecordMovie();
+			r.ShowDialog();
+		}
+
+		public void PlayMovieFromBeginning()
+		{
+			if (UserMovie.Mode != MOVIEMODE.INACTIVE)
+			{
+				LoadRom(CurrentlyOpenRom);
+				UserMovie.StartPlayback();
+				SetMainformMovieInfo();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
index bbe313e138..e62ec51818 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
@@ -22,15 +22,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 		private RetainedViewportPanel retainedPanel;
 		public string CurrentlyOpenRom;
 		SavestateManager StateSlots = new SavestateManager();
-
-		//Movie variables
-		public Movie UserMovie = new Movie();
+				
 		
 		public bool PressFrameAdvance = false;
 		public bool PressRewind = false;
 
-		public bool ReadOnly = true;    //Global Movie Read only setting
-
 		//avi/wav state
 		AviWriter CurrAviWriter = null;
 
@@ -77,8 +73,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 				displayLogWindowToolStripMenuItem.Checked = true;
 			}
 
-
-		    UpdateStatusSlots();
+			UpdateStatusSlots();
 			//in order to allow late construction of this database, we hook up a delegate here to dearchive the data and provide it on demand
 			//we could background thread this later instead if we wanted to be real clever
 			NES.BootGodDB.GetDatabaseBytes = () =>
@@ -2309,87 +2304,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			ToggleReadOnly();
 		}
 
-		public void SetMainformMovieInfo()
-		{
-			if (UserMovie.Mode == MOVIEMODE.PLAY || UserMovie.Mode == MOVIEMODE.FINISHED)
-			{
-				Text = DisplayNameForSystem(Global.Game.System) + " - " + Global.Game.Name + " - " + Path.GetFileName(UserMovie.Filename);
-				PlayRecordStatus.Image = BizHawk.MultiClient.Properties.Resources.Play;
-				PlayRecordStatus.ToolTipText = "Movie is in playback mode";
-			}
-			else if (UserMovie.Mode == MOVIEMODE.RECORD)
-			{
-				Text = DisplayNameForSystem(Global.Game.System) + " - " + Global.Game.Name + " - " + Path.GetFileName(UserMovie.Filename);
-				PlayRecordStatus.Image = BizHawk.MultiClient.Properties.Resources.RecordHS;
-				PlayRecordStatus.ToolTipText = "Movie is in record mode";
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				Text = DisplayNameForSystem(Global.Game.System) + " - " + Global.Game.Name;
-				PlayRecordStatus.Image = BizHawk.MultiClient.Properties.Resources.Blank;
-				PlayRecordStatus.ToolTipText = "";
-			}
-		}
-
-		public void StartNewMovie(Movie m, bool record)
-		{
-
-			UserMovie = m;
-			LoadRom(Global.MainForm.CurrentlyOpenRom);
-			UserMovie.LoadMovie();
-			Global.Config.RecentMovies.Add(m.Filename);
-
-			if (record)
-			{
-				UserMovie.StartNewRecording();
-				ReadOnly = false;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				UserMovie.StartPlayback();
-			}
-			SetMainformMovieInfo();
-		}
-
-		/*TODO: remove this or make usermovie private*/
-		public Movie GetActiveMovie()
-		{
-			if (UserMovie.Mode != MOVIEMODE.INACTIVE)
-				return UserMovie;
-			else
-				return null;
-		}
-
-		public bool MovieActive()
-		{
-			if (UserMovie.Mode != MOVIEMODE.INACTIVE)
-				return true;
-			else
-				return false;
-		}
-
-		private void PlayMovie()
-		{
-			PlayMovie p = new PlayMovie();
-			DialogResult d = p.ShowDialog();
-		}
-
-		private void RecordMovie()
-		{
-			RecordMovie r = new RecordMovie();
-			r.ShowDialog();
-		}
-
-		public void PlayMovieFromBeginning()
-		{
-			if (UserMovie.Mode != MOVIEMODE.INACTIVE)
-			{
-				LoadRom(CurrentlyOpenRom);
-				UserMovie.StartPlayback();
-				SetMainformMovieInfo();
-			}
-		}
-
 		public void LoadRamWatch()
 		{
 			if (!RamWatch1.IsHandleCreated || RamWatch1.IsDisposed)
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/RenderPanel.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/RenderPanel.cs
index c6fee487e2..e11fa77de5 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/RenderPanel.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/RenderPanel.cs
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			if (Global.MainForm.UserMovie.Mode != MOVIEMODE.INACTIVE)
 			{
 				tmp += "Rerecord Count: ";
-				tmp += Global.MainForm.GetActiveMovie().Rerecords.ToString();
+				tmp += Global.MainForm.UserMovie.Rerecords.ToString();
 			}
 			return tmp;
 		}