Split event is grayed out

I have followed the iMovie '08 Help on how to Split an Event into two and each time I've highlighted the clip that I want to be first and go to FILE, the Split Event before Selected clip is grayed out! What am I doing wrong?
I wanted to show screen shots of the problem but can't add attachments.
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I am having the same problem, have you figured out the solution? My movie got too big and keeps shutting down the program so I really need to split the event but don't want to lose all of my hard work! Please anyone help!

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