MUMBAI: As part of a pact between Paramount Pictures and the Cinemark theatre chain, a restored print of Francis Ford Coppola’s Oscar-winning The Godfather is to be screened on 1 March at 55 Cinemark XD theatres in the US.

Archivist Robert Harris and Gordon Willis, the film’s original cinematographer, have overseen the restoration of the best picture-winner, which has been re-mastered with 5.1 digital surround sound.

Cinemark also plans to screen The Godfather Part II on its XD screens on 19 April.