IMovie File Location

I am new to this 08 iMovie. I can't seem to find the full project file location like in iMovie 06. It seems to show a alias file in the Movie Folder, but not the full project. I do a search and can't find it the full size file. Any idea where it is?

welcome casooter to the  boards ...
the file management is now quite different, compared to iMHD≤6 .. a project isn't a package.pkg anymore, containing ALL data, media, video, audio, stills and edits, but it is 'split' into Events & Projects.
The Events containt the 'raw' imports (=huge files), the Projects contains the 'editing advices' (=small files) ..
therefor, iM08 makes it easy to use ext. HDD for importing or copying-to the Events ...
hint: don't fumble that system..
for delocating Events and/or Project Folder, read my illustrated advice on my site:
http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/im08tricks
(Project Library (and Events) on External Harddrive)

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