Trimming Clips for Import

So I have this video clip I downloaded off the internet that I'm trying to get into iMovie, but it's too long (9:33), and therefore is too big (over 2 GB once converted to DV) for iMovie to allow me to import it.
So I asked around and someone suggested I use MPEG Streamclip, so I got it, and cut the video in half to import it in two parts. First problem was I couldn't figure out what format to export it as because nothing was working. They told me H264 or whatever, so I tried it, but nothing.
Every single frickin' time I try and import it I get the "Error during import: (-37)" and it rips out that MacOS folder from the content of iMovie and throws it away for no reason.
I'm not going to pay $30 for Quicktime Pro just to cut this video in half since this is probably the only time I'll need to do this, sooner or later I WILL be getting iLife 06, but I'm too poor and probably won't be getting it anytime soon.
So can someone tell me how the hecks or what freeware I can use to trim a freakin' video and import it into iMovie at no cost without my computer being like "how about no"?
Message was edited by: daftboychemist

EVERY SINGLE time I try and import it, no matter what the format, I get the "Error during import: (-37)". And it rips out that MacOS folder from the content of iMovie and throws it away for no reason.
EVEN as a DV stream.
So is there ANYONE who can tell me why this happening, how I can stop it from happening, and most likely inform me of some other freeware besides MPEG Streamclip that isn't jank and will actually work?
Please. I beg of you. I've been trying to figure this out and get an answer for well over a month, and as you can imagine I'm to the point where I'm super de duper angry and cuss aloud at high volumes toward everything having to do with this project and am about to give up and smash my computer and kill myself for failing at life.

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