Rotate Video Clips in iMovie

I am fairly new to this whole operating system, and while it works 5million times better than what I'm used to, there are still several kinks in the system that I need a bit of help working out:
I recently took a video on my digital camera that was oriented sideways. Consequently, when I try to watch it on my computer, either in Quicktime or in iMovie, it plays sideways. Is it possible (Without spending thirty dollars to "go pro" in Quicktime) to rotate my video clip 90 degrees so that I can watch my movie in its proper orientation?

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