Over exposed interview

Hi guys, just looking for some creative ideas to salvage some over exposed interview footage I shot on my DVX recently. I used three point lighting but due to a power failure and a reset, the lighting dimmers got unbalanced and my AutoIris came on, and tried to over compensate the frame. (And that's when I lost the zebras) All my other stuff on Manual Iris is perfect except for one ten minute two-shot interview which is over exposed on the hair/back light and faces (I was using a Rifa light for fill). I wonder if there's any creative ideas if I can salvage it? It's not real bad on a computer monitor, but bothers me when it goes out to video and seen on a TV monitor from DVD. Any ideas or tricks (on a Mac, FCP) or filters in FCP that would give me control in the timeline? Your creative ideas are appreciated...I know, I know. Always check the AutoIris is off.

Yea, coming to think of it. They must have shot with badly over exposed footage too.
Was trying to hit it without power windows in FCP with mainly the built in FCP 3 way and the blowout fixer plug-in. Not really awesome, as you can see the colors are starting to neon out, and I didn't really manage to hit the hues cleanly (it's a little magenta, and there's no good white balance spot in there), there's still no detail in a few patches, and the lips are discoloured. Also there's too much cross talk in the highlights control of the FCP 3-way, as a result the speculars on the lady's hair light have been dropped too low while trying to compensate for the blowout on the guy's face.
Color will probably provide some additional precision.

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http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h281/purnc1906/kylepic.jpg

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Your link is not working for me so I'll do my best to give you my thoughts.
I don't know how much you know about color correction/grading so please don't be offended if I appear to be stating anything you already know or that seems obvious.
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out, than using 'curves' or even the effects you mentioned should do the trick; I'm assuming they are blown out though as you mentioned these things and are still asking the question... So:
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