I have a Pontiac Sunfire 98, and when trying to switch gears from park, it sometimes will not let me, and so I have to force it. Today though, it got stuck again and so I forced it, but this time something bad happened. I got the gear shifter off of park but now its stuck in 1st gear. My engine will not start, and when i move the gear shift it moves easily, but it can not get out of 1st. I do not know what to do. Any suggestions?

Its a automatic.