lockjaw
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Steven J. Lockjaw, a military officer obsessed with Taylor’s revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills, overtly embodies this contradiction.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
The film's final sequence sees Bob desperately searching for his daughter as she tries to outrun Lockjaw in the desert.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
It won best film, best director for Anderson and best supporting actor for Sean Penn, who played reactionary villain Colonel Steven Lockjaw in the movie but wasn't in attendance.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
Perfidia’s past, as in Lockjaw, will come for him and Willa, forcing the father-daughter pair to hit the road separately and trust that the other has the training to survive.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
Mona could see the black outline of the Lockjaw headland from where she was stationed.
From She's All the World to Me by Caine, Hall, Sir
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