Can imovie 5 project open in imovie 6

I already created a project in imovie 5 after upgrading to Leopard. However, I did not realize that it kept idvd 4 so I could not create a DVD. I also didn't realize that Leopard cannot run idvd 1-5. If I upgrade to ilife 06 (imovie 6/idvd 6), will I still be able to retain the project I already created in imovie 5 by simply opening it up in imovie 6? I lost the original video so the imovie 5 project is all I have left.
Thanks!

iMovie 6 should open iMovie 5 projects just fine.
Make sure you have a backup, just in case.
(You should always have a backup anyway. Think fire, theft, flooding, hardware error, software error, user error etc.)

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