Cannot import movie or audio files. Can drag jpg files into imovie though.

Hi, I recently re-installed 10.3.9 (about 2 days ago).
imovie was working just fine until i opened it this morning only to find I couldn't import anything other than picture files.
I get this message when i try.
"can't open file (insert file name here) skipping it and continuing"
When i re-open imovie i get a message telling me
"there are x amount of files that don't belong in this project would you like to move to trash"
I'm given the option to leave files alone or trash unused files.
HELP!
I got this response
When you reinstalled 10.3.9 did you repair permissions before and after, as well as repairing your hard disk with Disk Utility on your Install Disk?
After which I tried doing what was suggested but still have the same problem. I even tried using pacifist.
Is there an newer version of imovie available for download?

Sorry, I don't go back that far!
This is the iMovie 5 forum. You might get a more knowledgeable response if you post in the iMovie 4 and earlier forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=855

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