Serious Issues with iMovie 08

I just installed iMovie and imported an HD movie tonight from my Sony HDR-HC3 camera and am not having much success...
The import started fine, but then after it completed I hit Done and it didn't show up anywhere...had to close and then reopen iMovie before the imported event finally showed up...then iMovie is stuck with a spinning beach ball for hours...the video clip is only 20 minutes long. I imported in 'Large' mode...920x540.
Any ideas? I rebooted, restarted iMovie several times...(had to kill it).
it is now in an infinite hanging state...never loads up and won't let me click on anything...
I reimported the clip with iMovie 06 and am in business using that, but would really like to be able to use 08...any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

How do I get iMovie to see a picture added to iPhoto?
The basic answer is to get them "thumbnailed" for previewing in the "Photo Browser." Unfortunately, there is no obvious switch or button to force a "refresh" of your content. It happened to me early on and I believe I simply created a separate album in iPhoto and moved/copied the "unseen" photos from their main Event or Photo area to the newly created album. This seemed to force them to be seen in iMovie '08 but that was several "upgrades" ago. It may or may not still work for you. On the other hand, you can manually drag and drop the photos from the Finder desktop, folder, or iPhoto application directly to your iMovie '08 project if you wish.

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