Sam Neill appears in this movie based on a children's book by Norman Lindsay. In Sirens (1994), Sam Neill appears as Norman Lindsay.
Despite them being presented in PAL format, the Australian VHS/DVD and UK VHS present the film it's original pitch, rather than being pitch shifted due to PAL speedup. The film is presented in it's correct speed on American streaming services, without the pitch being changed, while international home video copies of the movie present the film in PAL with the pitch shifted by 4%.
Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, John Cleese, Toni Colette and Jack Thompson were all huge fans of The Magic Pudding book.