QuickTime Movie not importing

I have a file of Halloween video shot by a professional. He gave them to me in .mov - kind: Quicktime movie. I downloaded them from his portable drive directly onto my desktop. The folder has 30 clips in it, with a total of 11.85GB of info - so I know there is something there.
I cannot open them in Quicktime version 10.0 - when I try I get this message:
The document “Halloween001.mov” could not be opened. The movie is not in a format that QuickTime Player understands.
the icon next to each title is the Quicktime icon, so I don't know what's up with that. When I click on the "Learn more" button it takes me to the Apple support page that talks about Codecs. That page seemed to be saying that I needed one of the other products listed there to convert the video, so I bought iLife 9, installed it, but it has not helped.
If try to use the Import Movies command, all the .mov files are grayed out.
I downloaded MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b2, and tried to convert the clips into other formats - like the Apple Intermediate Codec suggested in another post. Basically the clip seems to open, but it is blank - black screen, and no audio.
Interestingly, when I tried to open them in iTunes, I could hear the audio, but the image remained black.
I figure I need to know 2 things - what was the original format the video was shot in, and how he converted it - but this is a busy guy so I want to make sure I ask him the correct questions the first time - that is what I am hoping you can help me with... what do I need to ask the original videographer about the format...
from there I assume you can help me figure out why my Quicktime player won't recognize Quicktime videos, and what program I need to convert these files into a format that I can use in iMovie.
any help with this is greatly appreciated ... this footage is a Halloween production that I wrote, directed and produced (as well as co-starring in LOL). It is valuable family History so my kids can remember what a kook their Mom was

Actually, my friend would probably be willing to supply the video clips in some other format, if you can tell me the format that is best for him to give them to me in...
I am really new at working with video so I don't know what to ask him for
MAHALO!!

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