Help: iMovie not saving clips - always trashes clips

Hi all!
OK, here's the scoop...
Bought a new MacBook Pro a few months ago for my daughter (going to college). So, new MacBook, and new iMovie.
She's working on a film project for school. So, she loads up clips and saves the project. NOW, for some reason, every time she opens the project, it says that clips are missing and almost all the clips are in the trash (some stayed put but most are always re-trashed).
She's tried moving them to the clip area, to the timeline, and even started a new project and put them in again from scratch, but everytime she saves and reopens, the clips are in the trash.
I've scanned the forum for help. We've trashed the Preferences files and checked for Quicktime plug-ins (none there). Now I'm at a loss.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks!
MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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