Actual two weeks location filming was done in Paris, France. However, the majority of the picture was shot in Melbourne, Australia with Melbourne doubling for some Parisian settings.
One of three early 1980s ''Mills and Boon'' style romantic dramas made in Australia. The first was 'Breakfast in Paris' (1982) and the second was 'Now and Forever' (1983). Both movies imported a non-Australian American actress in the lead female role. Both pictures featured Australian actor Rod Mullinar whilst cameraman/cinematographer Ross Berryman also worked on both pictures. Both films were distributed by Roadshow theatrically and on home video. According to website 'Oz Movies', 'Now and Forever' (1983) ''. . . is notable for following the formula first tried out by John Lamond in his 1981 film 'Breakfast in Paris'.'' Moreover, 'The Winds of Jarrah' (1983) was actually based on a Mills & Boon novel which was "The House in the Timberwoods" (1959) by Joyce Dingwell.
'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. 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.
Reportedly, actress Barbara Parkins agreed to do this picture because, as she once said, she wanted to desperately do "...a romantic, up-to-date love story in the George Segal - Glenda Jackson tradition" [of Une maîtresse dans les bras, une femme sur le dos (1973)].