4:3 being cropped in Projects

Hello,
I have a full frame ( 4:3 ) video on my hard drive, when I import it into iMovie it is being stretched into 16:9, but when I add it to a project iMovie '09 it is being cropped.
How do I get it into its correct aspect ratio?
Cheers
Message was edited by: NeddySeagoon
Message was edited by: NeddySeagoon

I've struggled in general with aspect ratios, and I'm no expert - but seeing no other proposals here I'll venture out...
First - I'll presume the iMovie Project is set as 4x3 (sorry - have to ask).
I've an indirect thing you might try. I've found that various tools I use output video files with aspect ratios that iMovie of FCE treat as 16x9, even though the input and intent is 4x3. Recently, I was using JES Deinterlacer to deinterlace content, and found that its output was reliably treated as 4x3 by iMovie '09. In that case, I was using the "Export to Quicktime" setting, and choosing size as "NTSC 720x480 4:3.
Perhaps this tool properly "sets" the aspect ratio with the file and would meet your needs. JES does allow you to set the Project tab to "Bare" - meaning no processing, so perhaps there is a very low-intrusion way to use to tool to pass through your video and hopefully end up with video that is treated as 4x3.

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