Austin film fans: Save the Alamo Drafthouse or Vulcan Video for another night. The Harry Ransom Center has opened a new exhibit showcasing iconic images, scripts, costumes and other film artifacts.

“Making Movies” is a fantastic and illuminating look into the unseen processes that go into many classic films. Through little-seen documents, the exhibit sheds light on the conflicts and dramas behind the scenes.

The exhibit is divided by filmmaking role: producer, actor, writer, director and less recognized roles such as script supervisor and production designer. Each section draws on a few specific luminaries, such as David O. Selznick (producer), George Cukor (director) and Robert DeNiro (actor).

Films specifically profiled include “Gone With the Wind,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Raging Bull.” Much of the exhibit is dedicated to Selznick’s epic, “Gone With the Wind,” and the enormous amount of work involved in its production.

Correspondences between Selznick and the Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors Association show the intense controversy over the use of “damn” in the film’s famous final line. More correspondences, early drafts, casting sheets, photographs and storyboards display the film’s lasting influence on the technical aspects of filmmaking.

Also of note is the array of costumes. Although few in number, the costumes range from the unassuming, such as DeNiro’s plaid shirt and bomber jacket from “Taxi Driver,” to the sublime, like the perfectly preserved, dark, red dress worn by Vivien Leigh in “Gone With the Wind.”

The Ransom Center does its best to show every aspect of filmmaking. The exhibit recognizes the contributions of lesser-known technical figures like Ernest Dryden and William Cameron Menzies, who are given just as much space as celebrities like DeNiro and Alfred Hitchcock.

Many of the stars of the exhibit are not the actors but the technical crews and production teams that created individual worlds for each film to inhabit seamlessly. The exhibit’s astounding collection of artifacts is sure to please any film fan.

“Making Movies” will be at the Harry Ransom Center through August 1. The Ransom Center will also screen some of the films documented in the exhibit.