Imovie Project that will play on PC

I have created a imovie project for my son that he needs to play on a PC. Is it possible to have an imovie project play on a pc?

aside the allready mentioned options...
goto share/'Export using Quicktime...' and from following drop-down 'mpeg4'.. probably, choose under options a smaller res (e.g.320.x240).. some PCs are a little 'underpowered' ...
tell PC user, not to simply 'double clickc' the resulting mp4 (some internal meta data ask for Quicktime...), but open the mp4 from within Windows MediaPlayer or whatever player app is installed... the mp4 IS playable by non-QT-based software..

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