Exporting iMovie Files

Was wondering if anyone knows about exporting iMovie files to Final Cut Pro. I have two questions:
1) Is there a way to actually export the sequence of files (i.e. the timeline) so that you can open an iMovie file in FCP and see the same sequence of files that was laid out in iMovie.
2) I've split clips in iMovie, yet when I import those files into FCP, the split doesn't appear. In other words, the dv file shows up as the single original clip, and not two smaller clips.
Thanks!

jhsimon,
I'd use File>Share>QuickTime>Full Quality DV to output your movie.
Then import the resulting file to FinalCut.
Matt

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