H.264 into FCP convert to Apple ProRes?

Hello -
I'm attempting to find out how to go about importing a H.264 movie file into my AppleProRes based project and
edit a small video and audio section into it, then re-export it for the purposes of lining it up with a separate mix - all of this is to be
screened in two days.
At first I thought I could just cut the H.264 file, render and export that - but it needs a bit of time to render
and then I thought - should I convert the footage and how should I convert the footage?
Any ideas? The reason behind all of this is to save time with a smaller (4 gig file = H.264) as opposed to my original 136 gig file.
There's no time to go back to the original to make small changes.
Every and any idea is appreaciated!
Thanks!!

Hi again,
I only have FCP 7, so I have no choice. I was attempting to cut corners with a few minor tweaks in a
feature length movie (adding one credit) . . . so I thought I could import my 4 gig (the unworkable H.264) version of the movie into FCP, edit a credit in, then re-export and compress it all into the same 4 gig file size. All of this is an attempt to save time on the export/compress side. Otherwise I need nearly 24 hours to export and compress a feature, just to add one credit.
My MPEG is still converting - so I'll see if this is more manageable!
As always, thanks for your help Shane!!

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