DVD skips menu starts at movie

Hi folks,
I've now successfully created 5 different DVDs safe for 1 minor annoyance I hope you can help me fix. When the dvd is inserted either in a DVD player or in a computer it starts playing the movie. I have to click on Menu for the template with button to appear and from there, selecting Play Movie or Scene selection is smooth and without problem.
Should I be setting the playhead at a certain position before burning the project or toggling some option for the Menu to be the first thing to appear once the DVD is inserted?
Thanks in advance,
Frank

You Madame are a genius!
Indeed the first box (autoplay) was populated by the movie though i wonder why iMovie 09 insists on doing so (I send the movie directly to iDVD instead of going the Media Bowser route)
By dragging the movie out the box has the menu appear each and every time the DVD is inserted.
Thanks again Beverly!

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