Help ... how do you stop iMovie trying to re-open the same project

I would like to try some of the new features of iMovie for myself, though I guess it will be a waste of time seeing the other comments on this board (I really need to be able to edit video and audio and not just share), but at the moment I can't.
I tried to open a project file created in iMovie 06 HD but the iMovie 08 program crashed when attempting to open the project. However, the program now doggedly tries to open the project every time I start iMovie and with the same result, it falls over.
I have sent Apple a message but the chances of them responding are about zero in my experience. Anyone know how to stop this, I have tried the Esc key and other usual break sequences but iMovie 08 is nothing if not determined.
Thanks for any help.
Cheers
Robbie

HI Robbie,
Have you tried moving the project out of iMovies Project folder?
The path is ~/Movies/iMovie Projects/project name

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