16:9 Widescreen / possible?

I have iMovie 5.0.2 and IDVD 5.0.1
I just finished editing a widescreen DV movie in iMovie with no problems. When I drag it to iDVD it is in the 4:3 ratio. IF YOU CAN EDIT IN WIDESCREEN USING IMOVIE 5 WHY CAN'T YOU ALSO EDIT IN WIDESCREEN IN IDVD 5? WHY AREN'T THEY COMPATIBLE WITH ONE ANOTHER? WHY MAKE POSSIBLE IN IMOVIE THINGS THAT IDVD CANNOT HANDLE? THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME..... I have done searches to find out what to do. I downloaded Anamorphicizer and dragged the iMovie file in and get a message "unknown error". I tried to "share" to Quicktime and get the message, "movie cannot be sent to Quicktime because of an unknown error. This is a one hour video that I have spent days editing. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Have you read this: Anamorphic widescreen in iDVD 5 at http://capital2.capital.edu/admin-staff/dalthoff/widescreen.html

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