Got a 3hr iMovie Project, fit onto 1 DL DVD?

Hey,
I've recently started transfering all home movies on to DVD.
Thing is, one VHS tape, now in iMovie is 3 hours long. The iMovie project weighs in at around 30Gb.
Would this project fit onto a Dual Layer DVD when sent to iDVD?
Any help is appreciated,
Cheers
*Maybe a compression setting? But how does the movie industry get films like Lord of the Rings onto DVD's?

says the disks are 7.7Gb (no disk in drive),
It's saying your project is that big. Nothing to do with a DL disk.
iDVD 6 Getting Started
Apple's iMovie Learning Site
Apple's iDVD Learning Site
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Ken Stone: Authoring in iDVD 6
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