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It allows me to use that nifty menu to select how I can start the project, asks me where to save it, but from there it seems to stop responding. The menus on the top bar do not respond.

Run Disk Utility and repair permissions and verify the disk. If the verification indicates repairs are needed than do so.
If the above doesn't help, log into another account and try from there. If iDVD does launch and work as it should then the problem is with your account. If iDVD still doesn't work as it should a reinstall of iDVD would be warranted. If you do try a reinstall of iDVD you'll have to delete the current application and all files with "iDVD" in the file name that reside in the HD/Library/Receipts folder.
If iDVD works in the other account it could be a preference file, other than iDVD's, that is conflicting with it. Here's how to determine if that's the case.
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Go to HD/Users/Your_name/Library. Move the Preferences folder (in its entirety) to the Desktop and make a second copy of it so you have Copy A and B. Now try the the process again and determine if problem is fixed.
If the problem IS fixed, then go to the new Prefs folder that the OS will have created and open it up.
Open Copy B on the Desktop and select all of the items inside. Drag them into the open new library folder. When the Copy window comes up check the Apply to All check box and then click on the Don't Replace button as seen here. That will keep the new files created and bring back all of the others.
If the problem is NOT fixed, trash the new Prefs folder and move the intact Copy A folder back to the Library folder .
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Hi
Please tell what You want it to do. Just to understand the problem better.
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While iMovie is NOT RUNNING - move this file out to desk-top.
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• Program miss-match. iMovie 6.0.3 or 6.0.4, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• Program miss-match. iMovie’08 v. 7.0.1, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
From LKN 1935. (in this case = iMovie HD (5), I tried it all, but nothing worked.
Your answer (above) has been helpfull insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that
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