SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ESOPUS CREEK VALUE L P (Last) (First) (Middle) 500 5TH AVE SUITE 2620 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10110 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/05/2006	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol METROMEDIA INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC [ MTRM ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) See Remarks Section	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	2,530,000	D(1)(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ESOPUS CREEK VALUE L P (Last) (First) (Middle) 500 5TH AVE SUITE 2620 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10110 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) See Remarks Section

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Esopus Creek Advisors LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 500 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2620 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10110 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) See Remarks Section

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Criscione Joseph S (Last) (First) (Middle) 500 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2620 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10110 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) See Remarks Section

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Sole Andrew L. (Last) (First) (Middle) 500 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2620 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10110 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) See Remarks Section

Explanation of Responses:

1. Esopus Creek Advisors LLC ("Advisors") is the general partner of the Fund (as defined below). Andrew L. Sole and Joseph S. Criscione are the managing members of Advisors and are deemed to beneficially own the shares of common stock of the Issuer owned by the Fund. For purposes of this Form 3, Advisors and Messrs. Sole and Criscione disclaim ownership of the shares of common stock owned by the Fund except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

2. The Fund, Advisors and Messrs. Sole and Criscione disclaim any pecuniary interest in the shares of common stock owned by the other Group Members (as defined below).

Remarks:

Esopus Creek Value LP (the "Fund") may be deemed to be a member of a group within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, consisting of Mellon HBV Alternative Strategies LLC, Cadence Investment Management, LLC, D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C. and the other reporting persons (collectively, the "Group Members") identified in the Schedule 13D filed on October 10, 2006 by the Group Members.

	Andrew L. Sole, Managing Member by Esopus Creek Advisors LLC, as General Partner of Esopus Creek Value LP	10/16/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.