Help! imported videos do not play

Awhile back, I exported several photos and videos off of my Iphone into Iphoto.
I then imported photos and videos into my pictures folder onto my macbook pro.
I then deleted all off of my Iphone and deleted and emptied trash in iphoto library.
Weeks Later, going through pictures folder, I tried to open up a video in quick time.
and the video, still labeled .mov opened like normal but had 0.00 seconds available.
None of my videos played. I then researched and realized that i must not have saved
the videos as it's "original" kind. i didn't select anything when saving, and iphoto auto-
matically saved it as a photo or some other kind, but still with .mov abbreviations. I do not have a back up
on my iphone or itunes because around the same time, my iphone crashed while
doing an upgrade and I lost everything, even my most recent backups. I ran
several recovery programs to try and find my deleted videos but found nothing.
This all happened in a matter of 1 year and happens to be my sons 1st year of videos.
I'm heartbroken that I've lost these videos, and I guess my question is ..
Is there anything else that I can do to try and get these videos back? Does Iphoto store
originals somewhere on the macbook? Can I take my .mov file that plays 0.00 and revert
it back to it's original, even though the original has been deleted? Any suggestions are
welcome, i'm willing to try anything.

Thanks for your fast reply. Sorry for the lack of info. Here is a list of things I've tried:
- using the finder to locate the original videos
- selecting the video, file, reveal in finder, original = 0.00 sec still frame
- opening with different programs; imovie, itunes, imovie video converter, firefox
- different household macs (as we are on "sharing")
- can't find them on hard drive or external hard drive back up device
- exporting them using "original" then reopening, still equals 0.00 sec still frame
When the image (video) is selected, the info states that it is a mpjeg, which I believe is a still image. Do you have any other suggestions on where to locate the originals on my macbook or how to convert them back to .mov?

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