Why is my movie playing in 4:3 when it is 16:9?

I've created a idvd project and I remember precisely choosing the 16:9 option (the menus are in 16:9) but the movie gets squished to 4:3. I exported the movie out of final cut in 16:9 and when I play it in quicktime its fine. Is there something I can do to fix it? My idvd is 7.0.3 if that helps. Thanks for any replies.

It happens from time to time with content from FinalCut and FinalCutEExpress. Take a look at: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10885875
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10881195
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10883408
for way to handle the issue.

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Me thinks you jest my good man.....
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