diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index f2cb4859..f88197df 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---version 2.0.4 yet to be released---
-15-mar-2009 - adelikat - Lua - added movie.rerecordcount(), movie.length(), movie.getname, FCEU.getreadonly(), FCEU.setreadonly()
+15-mar-2009 - adelikat - Lua - added movie.rerecordcount(), movie.length(), movie.getname(), movie.playbeginning(), FCEU.getreadonly(), FCEU.setreadonly()
 14-mar-2009 - adelikat - Lua - added movie.active() - returns a bool value based on whether a movie is currently loaded
 14-mar-2009 - adelikat - Fixed Joypad.set, it uses 3 values instead of 2 now.  True will take control of a button and make it on, False will take control and make it off, and Nil will not take control (allowing the user to press the button)
 14-mar-2009 - adelikat - Fix major crash issue where NROM game savestates were writing erroneous information if a non NROM game was loaded prior
diff --git a/src/lua-engine.cpp b/src/lua-engine.cpp
index 65ddd85e..7a492a4b 100644
--- a/src/lua-engine.cpp
+++ b/src/lua-engine.cpp
@@ -1004,6 +1004,16 @@ static int movie_getname (lua_State *L) {
 	return 1;
 }
 
+//movie.playbeginning
+//
+//calls the play movie from beginning function
+static int movie_playbeginning (lua_State *L) {
+
+	FCEUI_MoviePlayFromBeginning();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 // Common code by the gui library: make sure the screen array is ready
 static void gui_prepare() {
 	if (!gui_data)
@@ -1913,6 +1923,7 @@ static const struct luaL_reg movielib[] = {
 	{"length", movie_length},
 	{"rerecordcount", movie_rerecordcount},
 	{"getname", movie_getname},
+	{"playbeginning", movie_playbeginning},
 //	{"record", movie_record},
 //	{"playback", movie_playback},