Importing a whole movie to Idvd?

Hi , Is there a way to import a whole movie into i dvd ? My movie that I drag out of imovie are in small clips. I would like the whole dvd movie to be imported into my project. Can his be done? Any help would be great!
Thank You,
chad

Import all those small clips into iMovie, and combine them into one clip
Then you can export that movie into iDVD

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