IMovie doesn't import video shot on my iPhone 4s

I shot some video clips of my daughter's volleyball match today and now I want to edit and share it with iMovie 11. However, I cannot import it into imovie at all. I imported all the clips into iPhoto with a sync as usual, and there they sit. I can view them in iPhoto, but When I open iMovie they don't show up in the iphoto library for selection to import. I need to be able to put all the clips together into one "movie" and I assumed that iMovie would be the way to do that. I am getting the impression that the iPhone is not compatible with iMovie. Seriously??? Can someone please help me get these clips into iMovie so I can share them with the rest of the team? Not very seamless if you ask me. This is all with iLife 11 on my Macbook Pro running Lion with all the latest.
Capt Ron

Are your movies still on your iPhone, or did you erase them? If they are still on your phone, you can attach your phone, and in iMovie use FILE/IMPORT FROM CAMERA.
If they are in iPhoto, there should be an Event in your iMovie Event Library called iPhoto Movies. They should be in there. If they are not, you might try trashing preferences (com.Apple.iApps.plist) as mentioned here. https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4061
Also, you can always make a copy of the movie in iPhoto. Right click on the movie in iPhoto and select "Revel in Finder". Copy the clip and then paste it in a folder temporarily where you can find it. Then use FILE/IMPORT MOVIE to import it to iMovie.

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