Movie not playing in iTunes

I have a movie in mp4 format which I have imported from my hard disk into my iTunes library. I am able to stream it to my HDTV through the Apple TV2 but it refuses to play in iTunes. The window comes up but the movie just does not play. Any idea what could be the possible cause? The movie also plays flawlessly in Quicktime and in DVD Player.

Do you have Quicktime installed? My iTunes wouldn't play movies until I installed Quicktime.
Is the movie from iTunes or from another source? More details would help...although since this post is from so long ago you probably figured it out!

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