Problems Maintaining Aspect Ratio When Importing

OK. So i've been at this for a few hours trying to figure out this issue im having.
I have exported a slideshow from iPhoto to iDVDin 16:9 format.
The slideshow is saved in my movies folder from that export as "slideshow.mov".
I am trying to take my "slideshow.mov" and import it to iMovie but after import the slideshow is playing in the Standard 4:3 aspect, in a 16:9 project.
I've read several support discussions and this is what i've tried so far.
1- Importing "slideshow.mov" into a DV-NTSC-Widescreen project. 29.97 FPS
2- Importing "slideshow.mov" into a DV-PAL-Widescreen project. 25 FPS
** Both of these has been tried with and without "Auto Pillarboxing" selected.
The reason im so stressed is because when I play "slideshow.mov" in both quicktime and iDVD, it playsback in the desired 16:9 ratio but iMovie still wont accept it.
Any advice or solutions would be awesome.
And if you're wondering, im trying to get it into iMovie to add a mix and matched audio track and transitions to it rather than the basic slideshow features from iPhoto.
Thanks,
Tyler
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Try this:
Open the slideshow.mov in QT Player Pro and export it as a DV stream with the 16:9 flag set. Then import the .dv file to a widescreen iMovie project.
Then iMovie should treat it as 16:9.
Hmm... what is the frame rate of the .mov? The .dv should use the same fps but it is fixed at ntsc 29.97 or PAL 25 fps for .dv.

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