Imported iphone movies blank

Hello everyone
For the first time I've tried to edit movies created on my iphone in imovie, I have coped to desktop, they open in QT and play with out issues, o I thought why not edit and clean them up in iMovie,
Great they import correctly, now when I play thme in iMovie the appear as a big black screen, blank, the sound is there.
Hmm
So i connected my iphone and used the import facility through imovie and again same issue.
Is it really that hard am i missing something here?

I have exactly the same problem in iMovie 09. I imported about 10 clips and all went well and they all function correctly. I messed up one of them, so deleted it and imported it again, only this time there is only sound and a blank screen. I can't understand why. Anyone know the answer to this problem?

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Again,   If I select the "make movies" option   the videos are able to be dragged down to the timeline, where they fully appear. However, I cannot view them in the selection area
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