"Can't Open Clip"

Captured a number of clips into iMovie3. Saved saved and saved. Thought I was done. Closed it. Made a new file with new clips. When I try to open the original from Open Recent is says "Clip not found" with all the clips... this can't be happening!... please rescue me!

Hello,
I may not use Macs very much, but I use them. You may just have to start over on your movie and make sure you don't do something weird.
Captainsid2001

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Date/Time: 2010-02-20 10:56:55 -0700
OS Version: 10.5.8 (Build 9L30)
Architecture: i386
Report Version: 4
Command: Final Cut Pro
Path: /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
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Source Version: 905291121
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00b32000 /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/AERegistration.framework/Versions/A/AERegi stration
00b53000 /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/AEProfiling.framework/Versions/A/AEProfili ng
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