Forgot to deinterlace video in MPEG Streamclip -- do I have to start over?

I realize this is the FCE forum and I used iMovie, but I thought maybe some of you more advanced users could help me.
I have a Panasonic SDR-H18 which records in MPEG-2 format. During my first foray into using iMovie and MPEG Streamclip, I made a rather long movie but didn't realize I had to check the "Deinterlace video" option in Streamclip.
As a result, I now have a finished iMovie movie which I really like, but the results of failing to deinterlace are horribly noticeable when the DVD is played on a TV.
I'm just wondering, short of starting from scratch -- converting all the virgin clips and deinterlacing this time -- and doing it all over again, do I have another solution? Is anyone aware of a way I could somehow run my finished movie through Streamclip and deinterlace it, so I wouldn't have to start over?

I'm not sure what specifications you mean -- I just left the settings the way they were in the convert to DV menu.
That said -- the fact is, the interlacing lines are there, and I'm wondering if there's a way to get rid of them on a project I've already finished. I already know how to prevent them in the future.

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