Import of quicktime clip into iMovie is distorted

I recorded video with my camera rotated 90 degrees. Obviously, when I upload the video clip it came up rotated 90 degrees. I am able to rotate it in Quicktime pro by 90 degrees so that the orientation is correct. When I import it into iMovie 6 HD, the clip is distorted - The subject looks squashed. I can't find a way to import the clip into iMovie with the correct sizing of the image.
Thanks for your suggestions.

The problem is video is 4:3 aspect ratio. When you rotate it 90 degrees, you are making it 3:4 aspect ratio. Then when you import it into iMovie, it stretches it back to 4:3 because that is what its expecting.
You need a way to crop the rotated video back to 4:3 before importing into iMovie (or pad with black back to 4:3 if you don't want to lose anything).
I'm not sure how to do it in iMovie. I know Final Cut Pro can do it.

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