Handle Uncompressed Quicktime Files?

Hey All,
Total newbie, here. So please excuse if this is a dumb question.
I work a lot in commercial production, but obviously, only in the very non-technical end of it. I've been getting a lot of samples of my projects in an AVID-generated uncompressed quicktime format. (The kind where the pixels are round as opposed to square, so if you try to play them in quicktime, the proportion of your screen area gets squished down a bit.)
Here's my question. I know I can bring these into Final Cut Pro and it can translate the pixels so the screen area appears at its proper size. Can Final Cut Express also handle these files?
I tried to figure this out by looking at apple.com/finalcut but couldn't really figure out the answer.
Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...

Cool. That explains a lot.
I'm getting the files from editing houses. They are uncompressed quicktime files. Don't know if there's a more specific description than that. Been trying to transition away from keeping digi-beta copies of everything. The files are coming to me burned on a DVD and then I just copy them straight into my computer.
Don't know what codec is being used. I don't actually have the files on my person at the moment, otherwise I'd check.
Anyway, it sounds more and more like FCE is not the right answer for me. Usually, I have editing places take my uncompressed files and then have them convert them into dv files. Those, I can just bring into iMovie to do what I want. Was trying to avoid having to call in the favor to have the editing places convert them and was hoping to use FCE to do it all myself. But that isn't sounding possible for a lay person like myself.
If there's anything else you think I should know I'd love to hear it. Thanks a lot. You've been really, really helpful.

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