Using iMovie scrambles my display

Hey guys
Using iMovie 10 for more than 10 mins leads to it scrambling my screen/display. I have to reboot to get it back to normal, does anyone have a fix for this or know why it's happening?
Mac: 24" iMac Mid 2007 (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo model)
iMovie is latest version (10.0.05 I think)
Mac OS X 10.9.5
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Hi,
I have same issue...no maps just basic colour backgrounds.
I'm on iMovie 10.0.6 and Yosemite 10.0.2
I'm wondering if you ever got this issue solved??
Thanks for any help.
Regards
Scott

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