I-Movie project file not readable!?!?!

Just did a lot of work in I-Movie 4.0 and had a good 25 min. of almost finished movie and a lot of clips stored in the clip window. This is a project I have been working on for a few weeks. Later when I went to turn I-Movie back on it said the I-Movie project file was not readable. I have never seen this happen. I don't know what I could have done? I was emptying some trash before I turned it off but there is no way I would have erased the movie. How did I corrupt the file? I can access the time line movie through the quicktime file but there are lots of missing sound and I'm missing all the extra clips. How can I get that I-Movie project file to open!?!?!?

It's usually possible to re-open a damaged project by identifying and removing any flawed clips — those that were damaged by emptying the iMovie Trash. I can usually help you do that if you send me a couple files.
This describes what files to send:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1329742&#1329742
That forum Topic also describes the problem, if you wish to learn about it.
Karl

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