This feature film did not garner a home video release in Australia where it was made. It has had a home video release in the UK due to the popularity of the five ''Doctor'' medical comedy series which TV star Robin Nedwell had headlined during the 1970s and 1980s. Nor has this movie ever been released on DVD or laserdisc in Australia where it was made.
The period of principal photography on this picture was a shoot of about six weeks which ran from about mid January to about late February that year.
'Pacific Banana' (1981) was the first of three feature film collaborations of Alan Hopgood as screenwriter and John D. Lamond as director. 'Breakfast in Paris' (1982) and 'A Slice of Life' (1983) would follow. Moreover, both had worked on 'Alvin Purple' (1973), with Hopgood as writer and Lamond appearing uncredited as a courtroom projectionist. 'Alvin Purple' (1973) influenced the production of 'Pacific Banana' (1981) which hired its writer Hopgood and starred its lead actor Blundell.
One of three feature film collaborations of John Hopgood as screenwriter and John D. Lamond as director. The movies are [in order]: Pacific Banana (1981), Breakfast in Paris (1982) and A Slice of Life (1983). All three pictures were made in consecutive back-to-back-back years. The pair also had previously both worked on Alvin Purple (1973).