Getting a movie clip to play in reverse

I have this script to play a movie clip.
What do I write to get it play in reverse?
function fadeUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
    buttonFadeOver_mc.play()

You need to use an enterframe event listener to continuously call prevFrame() until you see that you have reached the starting frame (by checking the currentFrame property).  Once you detect you are at the start you remove the event listener.

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