IMovie won't edit my clip

Hi. I'm using Mac OS 10.4.8, and iMovie HD 5..0.2. I have a clip in my movie which is approximately 872MB long. I have been trying to edit it down to just a few seconds long, so I can use it in a Gee Three Slick 6 transition...Vid Motion. I want to superimpose it over a different clip. I edit the clip to just a few seconds long and when I try to use it in the Gee Three transition, the clip is still in its entire pre-edited 872MB length, even though the correctly edited version is in my clip viewer. And when I try to drag this correctly edited clip onto my desktop, somehow all 872MB gets dragged, and I find the clip is the original unedited length. Even it's information shows it's 872MB long. Any ideas on how I can fix this would be greatly apprreciated
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) iMovie HD 5.0.2

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