How do you open a duplicate iMovie project?

How do you open a duplicate iMovie '11 project? I tried opening it and it didn't work. The file says .rcproject. All of the iMovie events are still there.

The first thing to check is whether he has moved the files out of the Movies/iMovie Projects folder. If they are not there, imovie will not see them.
If iMovie does not see several projects, it could be a preferences issue.
For how to trash preferences see this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4061
It is also possible for a project to get corrupted. In this case, I would trash preferences and restore the project from Time Machine as you suggested.

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