(PRWEB) April 16, 2006 -- «The Secret», a film produced by Prime Time Productions in Australia, has done an end run around major movie studios by launching their latest feature film using web-based, pay-per-view technology.


In its first week of release "The Secret" web site (www.TheSecret.tv) hit number one on the Alexa Movers and Shakers list -- a worldwide report which measures traffic rankings of websites.


Their web site describes the movie as a "feature length, historic and factually based account of an age old secret known only to a fortunate few." The Secret released their film earlier this month using the new technology from Vividas (www.vividas.com).


The release of the first feature film online has put Vividas on the map and squarely at odds with the major Hollywood movie houses. Vividas technology gives viewers the ability to rent and immediately watch The Secret over the web with full screen, broadcast quality pictures and sounds. Before now the technology had been thought to be substandard. Not anymore. Vividas offers viewers the ability to resume viewing from the same point in a film even after restarting the computer and the ability to stop, fast forward and rewind. Things consumers had complained about in the past.


Prime Time Productions principal Rhonda Byrne, creator of The Secret, says, "Early feedback from viewers of the secret has been incredibly positive and moving. The viewing technology is simple and delivers terrific, high quality images. For most viewers, watching this video will be just like switching on a TV except the viewer chooses when to watch."


Vividas CEO, Richard Collins, stated: "This is a very exciting project for Vividas, not only is it a first for us but it may well be the first time a full length feature film has premiered online rather than in cinemas or on TV. We believe Vividas technology will enhance the reach, quality and simplicity of the viewing experience.


Not all threats to the major movie houses are coming from the Internet. The Spiritual Cinema Circle (www.SpiritualCircleCinema.com) now boasts members in more than 71 countries. Members pay $20 a month to have a DVD delivered to their home. Like a «book of the month» club only with movies. Each month members receive 4 (short, feature and / or documentary) spiritual films on DVD that are theirs to keep.


«We are the premier distributor of spiritual cinema,» informs co-founder and Hollywood veteran producer, Stephen Simon. (What Dreams May Come, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Somewhere in Time) «We have quickly become the key distributor for movies with meaning.» The Circle has attracted the attention of everyone from spiritual luminaries Neale Donald Walsch, Deepak Chopra and Cheryl Richardson, to media outlets like «USA Today», «Newsweek» and «MovieMaker Magazine.»


It's hard not to notice that the two most promising distribution methods for smaller independent films are being pioneered by companies with a spiritual bent, especially when so many are gathering online.


Fans of both companies have created blogs and forums at a "spiritually based" social networking site called Powerful Intentions and anxiously await word of anything related to the movies (www.powerfulintentions.com/thesecret and http://www.powerfulintentions.com/forum/spiritualcinema).


Chris Tinney is a Co-Founder of Powerful Intentions and is now the CEO of Bodhi Warrior, a «Work Life Balance Company» (www.MLMGorilla.com/wWorkLifeBalance). He created the spiritual cinema forum at Powerful Intentions and believes the prerelease buzz on forums is what, in part, is driving the success of these films.


"I'm thrilled that so many fans of The Spiritual Cinema Circle have come to the forums. Spiritual no longer means religious. There are 61 million people that call themselves spiritual, but not religious. Forums are where they re finding each other»


Tinney, ""What's being decided here is the relevance of Hollywood. Frankly, I don't think it's long before the Major Movie Houses no longer have any impact on what gets made or how it's distributed. Those days are coming to an end."


More Information:


The Secret: - www.TheSecret.tv


Vividas - www.vividas.com/


Powerful Intentions - www.powerfulintentions.com


Secret Forum - www.powerfulintentions.com/thesecret/