Quartz extreme required

When I try to start iMovie I receive the message:
"Quartz Extreme Required'
The message started after I left iMovie importing videos during the night - in the morning the computer is dead - and I have to shut it down in the power button (the day before this I tried a 2th monitor - i don't know if it was relevant).
I try to change video definition (several times), restart computer, logon/logoff, detect displays, reset PRAM (Command + Option + P + R at startup),...
The last thing tried was the command:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver GLCompositor -dict tileHeight -int 256 tileWidth -int 256
This is a Macbook Pro with Lion - all software's are updated.

PabloRW,
You can find iMovie HD 6 here:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html
I believe you will have to have iMovie '08 installed on your system in order to install it.
It seems to me your GeForce FX 5200 should support Quartz Extreme.
If you choose About this Mac under the Apple menu then click More Info you'll be able to see if Quartz Extreme is supported.
See "Verifying compatinility with System Profiler" here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301347
Matt

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