Imovie project won't let me edit it

I created a movie using still photos in IMovie 09. I have opened, edited and closed it several times over the past few days. However, today I can not open the movie. It shows in my project library but I can not edit it. I click the "edit project" and nothing happens. I looked at the information on the movie file and the extension is rcproject. Does that have something to do with it?
I tried saving it to a flash drive and then importing it into IMovie. Nothing happens.

Deleting iMovie's Preference file may help, as this file can become corrupted at times. The file can be found in your user Library>Preferences folder and is named com.apple.iMovie8.plist
After deleting the plist file, when iMovie is next opened it will create a new plist file with the default settings. In iMovie, go to the Menu item iMovie>Preferences and change each item as required to suit your own preferences. In addition, check under File>Project Properties and amend the General and Timing settings if appropriate.
If you are not comfortable deleting the plist file, just drag it to the Desktop until you are satisfied that all is working as before once the new file is created, then delete (trash) it.
Another thing to try is to Repair Permissions using Disk Utility. Please post back if you are unsure how to do this.
By the way - welcome to the Forum!
John

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