Shawshank Facts

answers.com has an interesting article (if you can make it through all their pop-ups, flashes, ads and whatever else they've come up with to slow the page) titled, "10 Things You Never Knew About "The Shawshank Redemption."

Here's a couple.

Why is it on cable so much?  "There is a very good reason this movie is on basic cable nearly every day. Ted Turner sold the distribution rights to his network TNT, opening the door for it to be one of the most aired films."

And this is really interesting: "The ASPCA objected to the scene depicting Brooks as he feeds his pet crow a live maggot. The animal rights group declared that it was cruel to the maggot, so the crew had to find one that died of natural causes before shooting the scene, according to IMDB."

That's just great.  I understand animal rights; but do maggots even count as animals?

(A final note of complaint -- I hate articles with short comments that make me click forward and reload a new page for each part of a list.)