How?: a 4:3 crop of 16:9 1080i material and maintain 1080i resolution?

I've searched the forums. I've scanned the manuals. I've searched the PDF manual. And I've tried a couple things myself, but can't find what I'm looking for...can you help me?
I'm editing on a 1080i timeline, with 1080i material (HDV via Apple Intermediate Codec). Up 'till now, I've output my timeline into Quicktime at the same codec, and with "make movie self contained" and then I encode from that a variety of Quicktime movies for upload to the web, and also use the same file for Flash encoding. The 1080i format looks great on computer screens (take a look at a couple interviews: http://www.thenaturalguide.com) and I want to keep that resolution in all web work.
Well, now I have a prospective client that likes my work, but he wants the video in the 4:3 format (for interviews/headshots). I told him I could output 16:9 and that the video would run with a letterbox on web formats that take 4:3 (e.g. YouTube). But, he wants the full 4:3, via a crop of the 16:9 frame (e.g., the entire frame is filled with image).
I tried using Quicktime export and using the "crop" function under "Export Size Settings ("preserve aspect ratio using crop"), but, that encode looks like crap, even when I up the bitrate to 300 or more (I usually use 200 to 220 with great success).
So, do you have any ideas on how I can keep the 1080i resolution and crop both sides for internet streaming? Maybe do something on the timeline? Output differently? Use filter? Something!
Thank you!
Larry

Yes, the full size 1920 X 1080 (actually, 1440 X 1080) video has been resized to 480 X 270, but, that's from an HD 1080i timeline. So, the 1080 lines of sharp resolution is actually in that 480 X 270 (resized, of course). However, if it were SD footage, the resolution would be half of that, and when streaming on a computer monitor, you can actually see aliasing on SD footage whereas on HD footage you cannot (and opnce I discovered that, I went out and bought an HDV camera...for this very reason!). So, I want to keep that 1080 resolution when I scale it down, and at the same time, crop off both ends for a final showing of 4:3. Can I put it on a 4:3 timeline at 1080i resolution?
Larry. Thats about the stupidest thing I have heard all day. And considering I have spent the day at an 8 year old's birthday party, I have heard quite a lot of nonsense today already.
You're misunderstanding the principle, or rather the mechanics, of what is happening. Image data is being thrown out. Discarded. Flushed. What is left is a "resolution" of 480x270 pixels. That's 480x270 pixels of image data. The original resolution is gone. You absolutely cannot scale down and crop the original HDV footage yet maintain "1080i resolution".
Get a grip mate.

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