There's been a lot of coverage on the new movie, but don't forget that the original Godzilla is making its way back to select US theaters. We brought you the first announcement and now we have the initial list of locations and dates when you can check out this classic on the big screen.

"A new restoration of GODZILLA: THE JAPANESE ORIGINAL, the monster classic that has spawned six decades of sequels, imitations, and remakes, will debut April 12 at the fifth TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, followed by a national release beginning at New York’s Film Forum, April 18-24.

GODZILLA was originally released here in 1956 as Godzilla: King of the Monsters, an atrociously cut, dubbed and re-edited version that inserted American actor Raymond Burr into the action; only an hour was used of the original’s 98 minute running time. Burr does not appear in the original, uncut version, which has an all-Japanese cast including Kurosawa regular Takashi Shimura, who the very same year appeared as leader of the Seven Samurai.

As directed by Ishirô Honda, with special effects by the legendary Eiji Tsuburaya, GODZILLA: THE JAPANESE ORIGINAL is much darker in tone than the dumbed-down U.S. release version, which entirely eliminated the original’s underlying theme: in the Japanese version, the monster is clearly a metaphor for the nuclear menace and the film itself a cry for world peace and disarmament. The American version also cut out all of the original’s astonishing Strangelove-like black humor.

The original GODZILLA holds up as one of the greatest science fiction/monster films ever made, boasting still-impressive special effects, as the radiation-breathing prehistoric monster, awakened after millennia by Hydrogen Bomb testing – and impervious to repeated shelling by the Japanese army – wreaks destruction on Tokyo.

GODZILLA became Toho Studio’s #1 box office hit of 1954 (its #2 that year was Seven Samurai) and was so popular worldwide that the company has since produced nearly 30 sequels and remakes; a statue near Toho headquarters in Tokyo pays tribute to their most valuable property. In 1984, the prestigious film journal Kinema Junpo rated it among the top 20 Japanese films of all time. In 1989, a published survey of 370 Japanese movie critics, Nihon Eiga Besuto 150 (Best 150 Japanese Films), ranked Godzilla the 27th greatest Japanese feature ever made.

A new American version of Godzilla from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, directed by Gareth Edwards (2010’s Monsters), will be released nationally May 16."

Here's the current list of screenings and more are expected to be announced in the near future:

  • :: April 18 – 24 NEW YORK, NY Film Forum
  • :: May 1 SAVANNAH, GA Savannah Film Festival
  • :: May 2 HOLLYWOOD, CA American Cinematheque - Egyptian Theatre
  • :: May 2 – 4 & 6 SILVER SPRING, MD AFI Silver
  • :: May 2 – 5 PORTLAND, OR Hollywood Theatre
  • :: May 2 – 8 SEATTLE, WA SIFF Cinema Uptown
  • :: May 2 – 8 SOMERVILLE, MA Somerville Theatre
  • :: May 4 ASHBURN, VA Alamo Drafthouse One Loudoun
  • :: May 4 LOS ANGELES, CA Landmark Theatres - Regent Theatre
  • :: May 5 – 8 EDGEWOOD, PA Pittsburgh Filmmakers - Regent Square
  • :: May 5 & 8 KALAMAZOO, MI Alamo Drafthouse Kalamazoo
  • :: May 8 AMBLER, PA The Ambler Theater
  • :: May 8 KANSAS CITY, MO Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet
  • :: May 9 – 11 NASHVILLE, TN The Belcourt
  • :: May 9 – 15 CHICAGO, IL Music Box Theatre
  • :: May 9 – 15 DALLAS, TX Angelika Dallas
  • :: May 9 – 15 DENVER, CO Denver Film Society
  • :: May 9 – 15 ALBANY, NY The Madison Theater
  • :: May 9 – 15 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Sundance Cinemas Kabuki
  • :: May 9 – 15 FORT COLLINS, CO Lyric Cinema Cafe
  • :: May 9 – 15 ALBANY, NY The Madison Theater
  • :: May 9 – 15 MENTOR, OH Atlas Cinemas Great Lakes Stadium 16
  • :: May 11 – 12 MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OH Atlas Cinemas Eastgate 10
  • :: May 11 & 13 LUBBOCK, TX Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock
  • :: May 12 – 13 WICHITA, KS Warren Theatres Old Town
  • :: May 12 – 14 HOLLYWOOD, CA ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood
  • :: May 12 – 14 EL SEGUNDO, CA ArcLight Cinemas Beach Cities
  • :: May 12 – 14 PASADENA, CA ArcLight Cinemas Pasadena
  • :: May 12 – 14 SAN DIEGO, CA ArcLight Cinemas La Jolla
  • :: May 12 – 14 LOS ANGELES, CA ArcLight Cinemas Sherman Oaks
  • :: May 14 DOYLESTOWN, PA The County Theater
  • :: May 14 BETHLEHEM, PA ArtsQuest
  • :: May 15 BOISE, ID The Flicks
  • :: May 15 NEW BRAUNFELS, TX Alamo Drafthouse Marketplace
  • :: May 15 SAN ANTONIO, TX Alamo Drafthouse Park North
  • :: May 23 – 26 HOUSTON, TX The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  • :: May 28 LEXINGTON, KY Kentucky Theatre
  • :: July 17 COLUMBUS, OH Wexner Center for the Arts
  • :: July 18 BERKELEY, CA Pacific Film Archive
  • :: August 10 & 12 ANN ARBOR, MI Michigan Theater