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SHREK
Today, Italia 1, 9.10 p.m.

In a faraway land called Duloc, a heartless ruler, the diminutive Lord Farquaad, has banished all the fairytale beings from the land so it can be as boring as he is. But there are three characters who will stand in his way. The first is a green, smelly ogre with a heart of gold named Shrek, his faithful steed, Donkey, who will do anything but shut up, and the beautiful but tough Princess Fiona whom Lord Farquaad wishes to make his wife so he can become king of Duloc.

STAGECOACH
Tomorrow, La 7, 2 p.m.

A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. The passengers on the coach include a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who has taken off with his client's money, and the famous Ringo Kid, among others.

THE SCHOOTIST
Tuesday, Rete 4, 4.20 p.m.

John Bernard Books, a gunfighter approaching his 58th birthday, finds that he has rectal cancer and two months to live. He takes a room with Bond Rogers and her son, Gillom, to wait until death comes. Of course, his very presence starts off events in the town. The Marshal comes, prepared to die in a shootout, Gillom tries to idolise him, Bond first is disgusted and then pities him. Then, realising that he will die in great pain, he comes up with an idea to go out with a bang.

OVER THE TOP
Wednesday, Rete 4, 9.10 p.m.

Lincoln Hawk is a struggling trucker trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his wife, he tries to make amends with his son who he left behind years earlier. Upon their first meeting, his son doesn't think too highly of him until he enters the nationwide arm wrestling competition in Las Vegas.

THE MUMMY RETURNS

Thursday, Italia 1, 9.10 p.m.

The story is set in 1933, approximately nine years after the events of the first film. Rick O'Connell is now married to Evelyn and the couple has settled in London, where they are raising their eight-year-old son Alex. When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep resurrected in the British Museum, the mummy Imhotep walks the earth once more, determined to fulfil his quest for immortality. But another force has also been set loose in the world... The Scorpion King who is one born of the darkest rituals of ancient Egyptian mysticism, and even more powerful than Imhotep. When these two forces clash, the fate of the world will hang in the balance, sending the O'Connells on a desperate race to save the world from unspeakable evil, and rescue their son before it is too late...