Video Is In Widescreen Format -- HELP!!

Yesterday, I offered to convert a digital videotape of an Easter play into a DVD. That was before I found out the guy who recorded the play did so in widescreen format.
I currently have iMovie 4 on my iMac. When I imported it, the video looks very stretched (which I thought would happen). Is there any way iMovie 4 can import a widescreen video, or is it time to get iMovie5 (or 6) for something like this??
Please help ... Thanxx!!
Ryan

It's time to get iLife '06 (which includes widescreen capable versions of iMovie and iDVD).

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