Inputing from dvd into imovie

Can I place a normal dvd into the built in drive in the side of my iMac and input all (or even better - part) of the DVD into iMovie. I am wanting to take a small 'grab' of a standard commercial DVD.

A commercial DVD is copy protected, which makes ripping it hard. Depending on the copyright laws in YOUR country, it may or may not be legal to do. That's even if you own the DVD.
Assuming the laws in your country allows you to do it:
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convertMPEG

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