Daily Dialogue — February 23, 2010

Jimmy: Who’s this?
Vinnie: Vinnie.
Jimmy: We get this straightened out?
Vinnie: Uh, we had a problem. We tried to do everything we could.
Jimmy: Wait…
Vinnie: Well, you know what I mean. He’s gone. And we couldn’t do nothing about it.
Jimmy: Wait a minute…
Vinnie: That’s it. He’s gone.

 — Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro) and Vinnie (Charles Scorcese), Goodfellas (1990), screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese, based on the book by Nicholas Pileggi

This week’s Daily Dialogue theme is telephone talk, suggested by GITS reader andrewpwoodberry . Goodfellas scene suggested by GITS reader cfan.