Project will not open or load properly

So, for the past few weeks I've been putting together a wedding commemorative movie for my friend. One random day, I tried to open the project and it wouldn't completely load. There was no "scroll bar" even though the movie would play. And, I could not click on any icons (title, transitions, inspector, etc); I can't even close out iMovie using the small red "x" when this project is open. Other projects still open and play properly, just not this one.
I've made plenty of movies with iMovie in the past. This one is the first on iMovie '09 and I was loving the new features up until this point.
p.s. I've deleted the .plist already....

I'm facing the same kind of trouble. Have been working on a short iMovie (about 3 min.) where I've been using cutaway to insert images. Now iMovie won't entirely load, I can't select Projects or Events. The movie I was working on is present in the editor and I can play it by pressing the space bar, but otherwise can't be controlled.
Odd thing, the three round buttons (stop, minimize and maximize) don't show anything when I run my mouse over them. I've restarted the machine, no change.
Is there an issue in "linking" still images into iMovie projects? Do those images get copied into the movie or is iMovie simply referencing their locations on my drive?
Should I consider reinstalling iMovie? If I did that would it destroy the Projects I've created?

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