Editing Final Cut Pro X Metadata

I have tried to solve this problem for hours without success.
I have dozens of FCPX projects I have exported as .MOV files. I just realized that I have been failing to specify the Title, Author, Description, & Tag files when I export the files. (See picture of FCPX export window)
Unfortunately, I have too many videos to re-export all of them from FPCX. As a result, I need to figure out a way to edit the Title, Author, Description, & Tag fields embedded in the files.
At first, I thought the information was stored as ID3 Tag information. As a result, I imported the videos into iTunes and tried to edit the fields. Initially, it looked like it worked as the ID3tag information was updated within the file itself. (See picture of VLC Media Information window):
However, when I played the video in QuickTime, the old Title, Author, Description, & Tag were still being used. I highlighted the old tag information in the QuickTime image below.
This is particularly frustrating as the old Title information is displayed prominently on top of the QuickTime window. Moreover, when I went to Finder and used the "Get Info" command, the old tag data was still there as well. (See Finder window below)
I did some research and it looks like this information is NOT ID3 tags but rather is Spotlight metadata stored within the file itself (i.e. the Spotlight data is not in the hidden .DS_Store file). I ran a mdls command in terminal on the file and this is what it gives me (I've bolded the important information):
mdls MFT0076-480p.mov
kMDItemAudioBitRate            = 103
kMDItemAudioChannelCount       = 2
kMDItemAuthors                 = (
    Admin
kMDItemCodecs                  = (
    "H.264",
    AAC,
    Timecode
kMDItemContentCreationDate     = 2013-10-25 19:07:12 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2013-11-04 04:21:52 +0000
kMDItemContentType             = "com.apple.quicktime-movie"
kMDItemContentTypeTree         = (
    "com.apple.quicktime-movie",
    "public.movie",
    "public.audiovisual-content",
    "public.data",
    "public.item",
    "public.content"
kMDItemDateAdded               = 2013-11-11 15:18:11 +0000
kMDItemDescription             = "This video is about 0077 - 2013-08-24"
kMDItemDisplayName             = "MFT0076-480p.mov"
kMDItemDurationSeconds         = 1709.974933333333
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate     = 2013-11-04 04:21:52 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate          = 2013-10-25 19:07:12 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode           = "TVOD"
kMDItemFSFinderFlags           = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon         = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible             = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden     = 0
kMDItemFSIsStationery          = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel                 = 0
kMDItemFSName                  = "MFT0076-480p.mov"
kMDItemFSNodeCount             = (null)
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID          = 89
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID           = 89
kMDItemFSSize                  = 242104285
kMDItemFSTypeCode              = "MooV"
kMDItemKeywords                = (
    Outro,
    Intro
kMDItemKind                    = "QuickTime movie"
kMDItemLastUsedDate            = 2013-11-11 15:22:46 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize             = 242104285
kMDItemMediaTypes              = (
    Video,
    Sound,
    Timecode
kMDItemPhysicalSize            = 242106368
kMDItemPixelHeight             = 480
kMDItemPixelWidth              = 854
kMDItemProfileName             = "HD (1-1-1)"
kMDItemStreamable              = 0
kMDItemTitle                   = "0077 - 2013-08-24"
kMDItemTotalBitRate            = 1126
kMDItemUseCount                = 16
kMDItemUsedDates               = (
    "2013-11-11 06:00:00 +0000"
kMDItemVideoBitRate            = 1022
I tried to use commands such as "xattr -d com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDescription MFT0076-480p.mov" with no success as my syntax is wrong. I'm not a programmer so my Terminal knowledge is very limited.
Does anyone have a clue how to edit the Title, Author, Description, & Tag fields after FCPX exports the movie? Any help would be very appricated.

You don't open it in the timeline. You edit it into the timeline. Just like FCP7.
I'm not at a machine now with FCP so I can't give you screenshots. Why don't you post screenshots of what you're seeing in the timeline?

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