Double Platinum

This article is about the telefilm. For the album, see Double Platinum (album). For the music sales award, see Music recording sales certification.

Double Platinum
DVD cover
Directed by	Robert Allan Ackerman
Produced by	Lynn Raynor James Bigwood Craig Zadan Neil Meron Diana Ross Brandy Norwood Sonja Norwood
Written by	Nina Shengold
Starring	Diana Ross Brandy Christine Ebersole Allen Payne Brian Stokes Mitchell Harvey Fierstein
Music by	David Shire
Cinematography	Michael Fash
Editing by	Scott Vickrey
Studio	Storyline Entertainment Norwood Entertainment Group
Distributed by	ABC
Release date(s)	May 16, 1999 (1999-05-16)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Double Platinum is a 1999 musical telefilm starring Diana Ross and Brandy.

Plot

The story begins with a scene featuring star singer Olivia King (Diana Ross) leaving her daughter Kayla, who was an infant (Jayda Brown) at the time. It is revealed that Kayla was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but in her later years, she would move to St. Louis, Missouri. Kayla (Brandy) attends a concert featuring Olivia, not knowing at the time that the singer is her mother. When Olivia breaks the news to Kayla, she suddenly shows resentment towards Olivia from the fact that she had been abandoned many years ago. Olivia tries to form a relationship with Kayla, and the young star reluctantly agrees.

As the story progresses, Olivia resides in New York City, with a fancy penthouse apartment and a chauffeur; it is there that Kayla decides to become a superstar, just like her mother. Soon, she signs a record deal, and records an album. She then finds a steamy romance with a handsome older music executive, Ric Ortega (Allen Payne). However, Kayla continues to harbor bitter feelings towards Olivia, feelings which boil over during their record label's Grammy Party. After Kayla's performance, Olivia is asked to perform by the head of the label, causing Kayla to resent her mother for "stealing her spotlight". However, after discovering that Ric revealed her true parentage to the press, Kayla dissolves her relationship with him. Eventually, her feelings about her mother change, and she begins to accept the truth about her mother and the events that took place when she was younger.

Cast

• Diana Ross as Olivia King
• Brandy as Kayla Harris
• Christine Ebersole as Peggy
• Allen Payne as Ric Ortega
• Brian Stokes Mitchell as Adam Harris
• Harvey Fierstein as Gary Millstein
• Roger Rees as Marc Reckler
• Samantha Brown as Royana
• Ed Lover as Party Ardie
• Peter James Francis as Martin Holly
• Adriane Lenox
• Bernard Addison
• Debbie Matenopoulos as Herself

Soundtrack

The songs featured in the film are actually found on Brandy's hit 1998 album, Never Say Never (including her popular hit song, "Have You Ever?"), and on Ross' 1999 album, Every Day Is a New Day, which was released 2 weeks prior to the film's premiere.

References

External links

• Double Platinum at the Internet Movie Database
• Double Platinum at AllRovi