IMovie 6 Changes aspect ratio of QT movies

Using FotoMagico I compiled a movie in 4:3 format (640x480) using stills from iPhoto, exporting the movie as a Quicktime (.mov) file. The QT 7.1.3 player plays it in 4:3 format, and Get Info confirms it is Apple Intermediate Codec, 640x480.
Then, using iMovie 6.0.3, I start a new project as a DV (not widescreen) format and import the 4:3 QT movie into iMovie's timeline. It shows up in widescreen, stretched laterally! The same thing occurs if I start the new iMovie project as an MPEG-4. I have disabled third party plugins from Gee 3 and Flip for Mac, repaired permissions, and verified my drive.
Please help!
Bill
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Hello William,
I had a similar problem importing files I had converted from PAL to NTSC with JES Deinterlacer. When importing the NTSC files "back" into iMovie they got streched laterally. This happened using iMovie 5 - reverting to iMovie 4 solved the problem!
As an aside: the big drawback here is, that I have to clip the movie into bits that iMovie 4 can digest…
I had hoped that iMovie 6 might have solved this issue, but apparently - no joy?
Regards,
Jörg

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