IMovie 6, Imported HDV clips are squashed?

I was checking out iMovie 6 to see whether it worked on Lion OS X 10.7.2 and it appears to do so.
However, when importing some HDV clips captured in Final Cut Pro it appears to play them squashed, obviously using their 1440x1080 measurements.
As iMovie 6 specifically lists HDV I would have thought it could cope with HDV's wide pixel aspect ratio.
Am I doing something wrong or is this an inherent problem when trying to use it on the latest OS ?
Note that I am referring to HDV shot on a mini-DV tape and not the latest AVCHD varieties.

I think I have got it !
FCP captures HDV natively but iMovie 6 can only correctly deal with HDV when it is converted to Apple Intermediate Codec during capture. (Under those circumstances I am surprised it worked at all).
I used Streamclip to convert to AIC and everything appears to work well.
I am quite astonished that iMovie 6 has bucked the trend of planned obsolescence and appears to work well with the latest OS.
Perhaps it is due to its simplicity and hence rugged design.
The only thing I can't get to work is the "Themes".

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When I 1st posted this problem, I left for vacation. I saw briefly that someone suggested a plugin in another reply, but I haven't had a chance to pursue that yet. I'm in northern Michigan (USA) with limited access to email. I'll do some follow up this Monday when I return. Good luck!!
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