 Gary Sinise (qv)s character tells Tom Hanks (qv)s character  that the day Forrest works on a shrimp boat is the day hed be an  astronaut. This is a reference to the book, where Forrest actually  becomes an astronaut, and the following year, Sinise and Hanks  appeared together as astronauts in _Apollo 13 (1995)_ (qv).  Gary Sinise (qv) is also the commander/narrator of the ride  Mission: Space in Epcot in Walt Disney World