Long Shot
Directed by	Jacob LaMendola
Written by	Unknown
Produced by	Jacob LaMendola Mary Beth Minthorn Milos S. Silber Todd Wiseman Jr.
Starring	Tasha Boggs Juan Catalan Melissa Catalan
Cinematography	Adam Newport-Berra Gus Sacks
Edited by	Matt Cascella Jacob LaMendola
Music by	Jay Wadley
Production company	Hayden5
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	September 3, 2017 (2017-09-03) (Telluride Film Festival) September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
Running time	40 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Long Shot is a 2017 short documentary film about how Juan Catalan was arrested for a murder he did not commit. A TV show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, contains raw footage that was instrumental in proving his innocence.^[1][2][3]

The documentary was released on Netflix on September 29, 2017.

Synopsis

In August 2003, Juan Catalan was arrested for the murder of Martha Puebla in Los Angeles County, California.^[4] Puebla had been a witness at the hearing of gangster Mario Catalan (Juan's brother) a few days prior which he had attended. Police officers arrested him, as he fit the facial composite a witness described. He was cleared after footage from Curb Your Enthusiasm revealed that he was at a Dodgers game, and a phone call traced him to Dodger Stadium before the murder.

Cast

• Tasha Boggs
• Juan Catalan
• Melissa Catalan
• Miguel Catalan
• Larry David
• Bob Einstein
• Kym Whitley
• Leslie Dunn
• Sam Fernandez
• Eric Gagne
• Robert Gajic
• Tim Gibbons
• Marcus Giles
• Todd Melnik
• Alma Oseguera
• Martin Pinner
• Juan Rodriguez
• Beth Silverman

Release

It was released on September 29, 2017, on Netflix.^[5]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of eight critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8/10.^[6]