Fcp export of xl2 24p 2:3 pulldown anamorphic....

greetings everyone. previously, i remember exporting anamorphic footage out of fcp without having it vertically stretched. over the past week i feel like i have tried every option known to man in the export menues with no luck, it all ends up vertically stretched and looks aweful.
i want to have a smaller one optized for web, one for web download, and one larger 1gb+ for backup.
it is a music video done in fcp 4.5. shot in 24p, anamorphic. captured in anamorphic and edited as such. any help would be great, i am pulling my hair out.
djmase
imac G5 250 HD 1GB RAM 12"pb 1.5gb Mac OS X (10.4.8)
imac G5 250 HD 1GB RAM 12"pb 1.5gb Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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