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Visit – Calendar – Rebel Without a Cause
November 3, 2025
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Griffith Observatory

Rebel Without a Cause

Celebrate two Hollywood milestones at this special event: Griffith Observatory’s 90th anniversary and the 70th anniversary of the theatrical release of Rebel Without a Cause. Enjoy exclusive after-hours access to Griffith Observatory. See iconic Observatory locations where key scenes in the movie were filmed. Attend a special presentation of the film in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon theater.

Cutout of James Dean and Natalie Wood from Rebel without a Cause set against the Observatory in the background.
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THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.

Celebrate two Hollywood milestones at this special event: Griffith Observatory’s 90th anniversary and the 70th anniversary of the theatrical release of Rebel Without a Cause. Enjoy exclusive after-hours access to Griffith Observatory. See iconic Observatory locations where key scenes in the movie were filmed. Attend a special presentation of the film in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon theater.

     Monday, November 3, 2025

     6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., PDT

     Griffith Observatory

     $45 Member Admission

     $50 General Admission

Admission includes

  • Complimentary parking
  • After-hours access to Griffith Observatory’s exhibits and instruments
  • Griffith Observatory/Rebel Without a Cause scavenger hunt
  • Pre-screening talk with Griffith Observatory Director Dr. E.C. Krupp and Academy Award winning Production Designer Rick Carter.
  • Commemorative 70th anniversary screening of Rebel Without a Cause in Dolby Atmos sound
  • Opportunity to purchase an exclusive limited edition poster

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Rick Carter

Rick Carter (Production Designer) won an Academy Award® in 2013 for his design of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. In 2010, he received the Oscar for his otherworldly production design on James Cameron’s top-grossing mega-hit Avatar.

Carter earned his first Oscar® nomination for his work on Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump, and was nominated twice more for Steven Spielberg’s War Horse and The Fabelmans.

He has collaborated extensively with Spielberg as a production designer on films including Munich, War of the Worlds, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Amistad, Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The BFG, and The Post.

Carter has also been Robert Zemeckis’ production designer of choice on The Polar Express, Cast Away, What Lies Beneath, Death Becomes Her, and Back to the Future, Parts II and III.

He co-production designed Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Episode VII and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Episode IX with director J.J. Abrams.

Griffith Observatory Foundation

This special event is hosted by Griffith Observatory Foundation and directly supports Griffith Observatory in its mission of inspiring everyone to observe, ponder, and understand the sky.