Imovie 09 insists on looking through photo library at start up

When I start imovie09 it wants to look through the photo library to find all the movies. imovie08 gave you a choice about whether you wanted it to do that - before it started doing it. Looking for movies there is of no value to me because I do not want to use them in projects. More importantly, the library is large and most of it is off line - so I get lots of "Connection failed" messages that I have to "OK" through.
So, my question is: Is there a way to start imovie 09 so that it does not insist on looking through the photo library?
Thanks

Is there a way to start imovie 09 so that it does not insist on looking through the photo library?
AFAIK, no.

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