Wrong aspect ratio question

I completed a 12 minute movie, but I forgot to set the format at the start. It ended up dv-ntsc (default setting I believe) when what I wanted was HD 1080i. Is there anyway to fix this short of re-doing the whole thing. I tried exporting in Quicktime as 1080i aic but that gives me 16:9 but with heavy black line top and bottom.
Thanks for any help

No, all your footage has lost its High Definition when it was imported.
You have to start over.
Sorry!

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