Need some pointers getting video from iPhone 4S to iMovie09

Based on my research in this forum either of these methods should work, but they're not working for me.  If you have any advice on debugging the problem it would be greatly appreciated!
I took video with the 4S and see that it's in the Camera Roll.
First problem: I plug the 4S into my MacBook, open iMovie, and click on the camera icon.  The 4S is not recognized - the only camera that appears is "Built-in iSight".
Second problem: importing via iPhoto.  So next I connect the phone, open iPhoto, and import the video.  Within iPhoto it clearly shows up as a new event and as last import.  I can play it there.  Now when I open iMovie, in the Event Library I see "iPhoto Videos" but when I click on it I'm told that there are no matching videos.  The "show" is set to all clips.  So there is some sort of mismatch between where iPhoto is putting the video and where iMovie expects it.  Any thoughts on what settings I can check?  I've been looking around with no success.
Right now the only way I can use 4S video in iM is to use a different transfer mechanism (i use Nikon Transfer) to get the .mov file onto my machine, then import this file.  Not the ideal scenario!  I've also found that with vertical video I have to import as full original size, otherwise the video comes in as a stretched horizontal format.
Thanks!

If the photos/videos have not been deleted from your iPhone, try using the Image Capture application for the import to see if there is any difference.

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