The British are coming!
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Maybe there’s been one but I’ve always thought that would make for a cool movie scene.
At least a couple of films and productions have been set (or partially set/filmed) at or prominently featuring the Old North Church in Boston.
The most notable mainstream example is the 2004 film National Treasure (starring Nicolas Cage). The church plays a key plot role tied to its real historical significance in Paul Revere’s midnight ride (the "one if by land, two if by sea" lanterns). Patrick Henry Gates (Jon Voight) gives a false clue about the treasure leading to the Old North Church, which misdirects the antagonists (including Sean Bean’s character, Ian Howe), leading to his arrest there. It’s referenced and featured in the story as a Boston location in the North End, though some sources note it’s more of a mentioned/briefly depicted site rather than a fully filmed interior location.
Other examples include:An art film/short called Old North (2019), directed/filmed on location inside the church by Sue Murad and Jenna Pollack of the Reciprocity Collaborative.
The HBO miniseries John Adams (2008) includes a scene set in 1775 inside the Old North Church, featuring a congregation singing a hymn.
The church (built in 1723, the oldest standing church in Boston) appears in IMDb listings for a few other historical or documentary-style productions, like the 1924 silent film America, but National Treasure is by far the biggest commercial movie connection.
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