Can't kill iMovie download - help!

Very strange situation. I seem to have 2 distinct iMovie downloads in progress and they resist all attempts to kill them. Launchpad shows alternating progress below the iMovie icon for the 2 download processes (they are at different stages of the download). In Launchpad, I'm able to use the ALT button (windows-style keyboard) to display the "jiggling icons" with X for cancel, and then click the X for iMovie. I'm prompted to see if I want to delete app "iMovie", and agree, then nothing happens. Maybe because it's not yet actually installed. Nowhere can I find a way to interrupt and cancel these downloads. They've survived shutdowns, exiting the App store, etc., and still they remain in progress. They're actually making progress, so maybe worst case I wait until they're done and then remove iMovie. I opened a shell and looked for the offending process, but nothing obvious. I'm doing all this in an acct with admin authority. It boggles my mind that one can't interrupt a download! Anybody have any ideas? Thanks in advance....

I'd disconnect from the Internet until you figure it out.
No idea myself, but maybe you can find the files with...
Find Any File...
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/
Hold Option or alt key when selecting Find to Find All.
Search for Date Modified: Last 5 minutes or whatever, then sort on size maybe?

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