IMovie.app is not supported on this architecture - can't re-install

I'm trying to start up iMove 09 which I've been using since I bought it. I get an error that says.
You cannot open the application "iMovie.app" because it is not supported on this architecture.
I tried to re-install it from the disks and it gets to the page where I can customize the install, but nothing is checked and it won't let me check anything.
Need some help here please.
Thanks

It sounds like a problem with your graphics card. Do you have a dual display set up or any external graphics cards set up?
If not, here is an old trick, but it might work...
Open System Preferences/Displays
Change the resolution to some other resolution.
Change colors from millions to something else (thousands?)
Apply your changes.
Now go back and change your display settings to the original settings that you prefer (and change colors back to millions).
Sometimes that will reset the graphics card.

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