Already a couple of Saving Private Ryan 's and Touch of Evil 's - dece…
The brass balls scene in Glengarry is indeed special and lovable in that Hallmark kinda way, but isn’t the first scene in a restaurant?
(could be thinking of the stage version)
In the Polanksi version of MacBeth (and, like Zhivago), a good 65-ft wide screen is preferable to take in the vast expanses (here, of Scottish tidal flats). As the camera pulls back, a stick enters from the right of the screen, which we see is held by one of the three witches, proceeding to trace out a digging hole in the sand for placing a severed hand in.
Eight minutes of whole grain goodness in the continuous single take opening from The Player.