Paramount Pictures and Cinemark have just announced that The Godfather will return to theaters this Thursday, March 1, in honor of its 40th Anniversary.

From the official press release:

Plano, TX, February 23, 2012 Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), a leading motion picture exhibitor, is proud to partner with Paramount Pictures to offer movie-goers the opportunity to see Francis Ford Coppola’s restored version of his Academy Award®-winning “The Godfather,” on 55 Cinemark XD auditoriums across the country, on Thursday, March 1, 2012. The film was meticulously restored using 5.1 digital surround sound and re-mastered using state-of-the-art technology, then transferred to files making it available to be seen on Cinemark XD screens.

“There is no greater iconic film than “The Godfather,” states James Meredith, VP of Marketing and Communication at Cinemark. “It has set the standard for story-telling, launched a generation of great actors, and provided movie-goers an unparalleled experience. Cinemark is excited to give fans of this movie the opportunity to now see it like never before in our extremely popular XD auditoriums, which offer a complete entertainment environment featuring enormous wall-to-wall and ceiling-to-floor screens, plush seating, and custom JBL sound systems with higher end components and 7.1 capable digital surround sound.”

According to the press release, The Godfather: Part II will be given similar treatment April 19.

Below is a liste of the theaters playing The Godfather:

Century Anchorage 16 XD – Anchorage, AK
Cinemark Conway 12 XD – Conway, AR
Century El Con 20 – Tucson, AZ
Century Park Place 20 XD – Tucson, AZ
Century Century 20-Daly City – Daly City, CA
Century 20 Bella Terra – Huntington Beach, CA
Century Century Great Mall – Milpitas, CA
Cinemark Monterey Cannery Row XD – Monterey, CA
Century Stadium 1-25 XD – Orange, CA
Century Downtown Pleasanthill XD – Pleasant Hill, CA
Century 15 @ The River XD – Rancho Mirage, CA
Cinemark Movies 14 XD – Redding, CA
Century Downtown Redwood City XD – Redwood City, CA
Cinemark Blue Oaks Century 16 and XD – Rocklin, CA
Century Roseville 14 XD – Roseville, CA
Century Greenback 16 XD – Sacramento, CA
Cinemark Century@Tanforan XD – San Bruno, CA
Century San Francisco Centre 9 XD – San Francisco, CA
Century 20 Oakridge XD – San Jose, CA
Century Century 25 XD – Union City, CA
Century Downtown Walnut Creek XD – Walnut Creek, CA
Cinemark Tinseltown 20 XD – Colorado Springs, CO
Century Century Belmar XD – Lakewood, CO
Cinemark Paradise Park 24 XD – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Cinemark Tinseltown USA 20 XD – Jacksonville, FL
Century Century 20 @ Jordan XD – West Des Moines, IA
Century Evanston 18 XD – Evanston, IL
Cinemark Hampshire Mall XD – Hadley, MA
Cinemark Egyptian 24 XD – Hanover, MD
Century Rio 24 Plex XD – Albuquerque, NM
Century 16 South Point XD – Las Vegas, NV
Century Sparks 14 XD – Sparks, NV
Cinemark Cinemark 24 XD – Valley View, OH
Century Eastport 16 XD – Portland, OR
Cinemark Cinemark 20 XD – Moosic, PA
Cinemark Robinson Township 16 XD – Pittsburgh, PA
Cinemark Cinemark Stroud Mall XD – Stroudsburg, PA
Cinemark Movies 18 XD – College Station, TX
Cinemark Cinemark 12 XD – Cypress, TX
Cinemark Tinseltown 20 XD – El Paso, TX
Cinemark El Paso 12 XD – El Paso, TX
Cinemark Frisco Square XD – Frisco, TX
Cinemark Cinemark 19 XD – Katy, TX
Cinemark Movies 16 XD – Lubbock, TX
Cinemark 13 Town Center Mansfield – Mansfield, TX
Cinemark Cinemark 12 – Pearland, TX
Cinemark Tinseltown 20 XD – Pflugerville, TX
Cinemark Cinemark Legacy 24 XD – Plano, TX
Cinemark West XD – Plano, TX
Cinemark Tinseltown 17 XD – The Woodlands, TX
Cinemark Cinemark 18 XD – Webster, TX
Cinemark Draper 12 XD – Draper, UT
Cinemark Farmington at Station Park XD – Farmington, UT
Cinemark West Jordan XD – West Jordan, UT
Cinemark Chesapeake Square 12 XD – Chesapeake, VA

Will you be going out to see this?