Quitting iPhoto

Hi.  I saved a 44sec video from mail into iPhoto by dragging the video from email onto the iPhoto icon.  The video has been imported but I now can't quit iPhoto b/c it says iPhoto is still importing photos - that was about 90mins ago...  I can't shut down or restart my mac either b/c iPhoto keeps cancelling the shut down b/c it's apparently 'still importing'.  Any ideas on how can I force iPhoto to quit?  Thx

Thank you!
Am new to Mac so still finding my way.

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