Import .mov for iMovie 2 project

Hi all-
I have some .MOV movies that I want to use in an iMovie 2 project, but I noticed that it won't import them. Is there any way to do this? Thanks

Thanks for the reply and sorry it took me so long to get back. QT Pro is $30, and iMovie 6 comes with iLife '06, which is $80. Any way that you know of to get version 4 of iMovie? TY

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