Launch QuickTime player from hyperlink in Safari

Here's the software I have:
Mac OS X 10.4.3
Safari 2.0.2
QuickTime Player 7.0.3
When I click a hyperlink in Safari, for example:
<a href="movie.mov">Movie</a>
Safari immediately begins playing the Movie in the browser window as the Movie is being downloaded.
How do I configure either Safari or QuickTime to LAUNCH a new QuickTime player window instead of playing the movie in the Safari window?
Any help will greatly appreciated.
Benjamin
iBook PowerPC G4 800MHz - 12" screen Mac OS X (10.4.3) Memory: 640 MB DDR SDRAM

QuickTimeKirk, your advice is correct but I don't want to go threw all that action of control-click, copy URL, open QuickTime, then paste the URL into QuickTime. I know that works, but I want something simpler and faster (to automate that!)
I'm looking for a simple "single-click" solution to launching a QuickTime player from a hyperlink to a QuickTime media file!!!! I've posted this question to MacOSXhints.com and videolan.org with no solutions that I want.
I think I need to look into Safari and see how it handles events when you click on a hyperlink. All I really want is Safari to lauch a QuickTime player instead of playing the movie in the browser!
I appreciate all the comments from everyone! Thanks.
Benjamin

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