IMovie suddenly wont do pretty much anything

iMovie worked perfectly fine for the past month. Nothing was an issue. Now, all of the sudden, I cant open previous projects, and when I create a new project I cant move any clips into the project. Also, I cant preview anything, and no sound is played. And on top of that, I cant export anything. I think this started when my mac went to sleep while iMovie was exporting, because that's when it started. Seriously, help, because this is really starting to **** me off.

Try trashing iMovie's preference file. Follow the steps in this User Tip by AppleMan1958:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4061
In Mountain Lion (and Lion), a quick way to access "your user" Library folder is to click on Go in the Finder menu bar, then press and hold down the Option key on the keyboard. The Library folder will appear in the drop down list. This is slightly different from the method described in the User Tip.
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