Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SUBOTNICK STUART
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
METROMEDIA INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC [MTRME.OB] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O METROMEDIA COMPANY, 21 MAIN STREET		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/10/2002
(Street)

HACKENSACK, NJ 07601		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
08/14/2002		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 04/10/2002   J(1)   221,313 D $ 0 314,325 D  
Common Stock 04/10/2002   J(1)   221,313 A $ 0 17,020,003 I See Footnote (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Option to buy $ 9.312             01/31/1996 01/31/2006 Common Stock 50,000   50,000 D  
Option to buy $ 7.437             04/18/1997 04/18/2007 Common Stock 1,000,000   1,000,000 D  
Option to buy $ 7.437             04/18/1997 04/18/2007 Common Stock 1,000,000   1,000,000 I By Trust (4)
7.25% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (3)               (3)   (3) Common Stock 666,666 (3)   200,000 I By Trust (5)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SUBOTNICK STUART
C/O METROMEDIA COMPANY, 21 MAIN STREET
HACKENSACK, NJ 07601		   X   X    

Signatures

 /s/ Stuart Subotnick   05/13/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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).
(1) On April 10, 2002, the 4,426,249 shares of the Issuer's common stock previously reported as indirectly beneficially owned by the Reporting Person through Met Telcell, Inc. were distributed to its shareholders in connection with the winding up of Met Telcell, Inc. In connection with such distribution, the Reporting Person received 221,313 shares of the Issuer's common Stock. The Reporting Person subsequently contributed the 221,313 shares to Metromedia Company. The Reporting Person is a general partner of Metromedia Company and thus acquired indirect beneficial ownership of those shares.
(2) These shares include 12,415,455 shares beneficially owned by Metromedia Company. The Reporting Person is a general partner of Metromedia Company. The reported shares also include 4,604,548 shares owned by a trust for which the Reporting Person serves as a trustee.
(3) These securities are convertible at anytime into the number of shares of common stock as is equal to the aggregate liquidation preference ($50.00 per share), plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date the Preferred Shares are surrendered for conversion, divided by an initial conversion price of $15.00.
(4) On May 3, 2005 these securities were assigned to a trust for which the Reporting Person serves as a trustee.
(5) These securities are owned by a trust for which the Reporting Person serves as a trustee.
 
Remarks:
This Form 4 is being filed by the Reporting Person as an Amendment to the Form 4 dated August 8, 2002.  In the Form 4 dated August 8, 2002, the Reporting Person reported the acquisition of shares in connection with the winding-up of an entity controlled by the Reporting Person but inadvertently did not report the subsequent transfer of those shares to Metromedia Company, another entity controlled by the Reporting Person.  The transactions reported in this amended Form 4 do not change the aggregate number of shares beneficially held by Metromedia Company and its general partners collectively

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