How do I delete unused footage but not mess up my project file?

Here is the direct quote from the iMovie 08 Tutorial.
"If you try to delete an Event that has clips being
used in a project you will see an alert window.
Choose Delete Unused to delete only the clips in
that Event that are not being used in a project."
I have been taking 50 minute videos on my camcorder and uploading them to the iMac. On about all of the clips I only use 5 minutes of footage. I was looking for a way to save space and I found this quote in the iMovie user guide, so I tried it.... but it messed up every single one of my projects that had the event files clips in them. The footage i needed still showed up under the event, but none of my projects that used these clips were working. Did I do something wrong?
Has anyone else had this problem?

I'm confused now but then it could be the sort of thing that needs to be actually seen. Don't have an Apple Store nearby you could pop into to ask a genius do you?
I'm successfully removing unwanted footage without affecting the project as long as the footage isn't in a project. There was one moment where I got the warning signs in a project and the thumbnails went blank but restarting iMovie fixed that.
Maybe if you described the exact process you've been through from start to finish as far as rejecting and removing footage goes I or someone could see where you went wrong.
With something new like iMovie 08 I think it's probably best to start with just one project, exploring all the features including removing footage so that you get a good grasp of it before really getting stuck into it. I wish I'd been a bit more patient myself.
Have you fully explored iMovie's Help topics for "Removing unwanted video from your hard disk"?

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