Wise to keep box of film in fridge?

[John Cook]

From the horse's mouth:

http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/support/h1/storageP.shtml

Their motion picture data sheets seem to do a better job on this subject than those intended for still photographers. The emulsions behave similarly, with regard to storage.

[Mark Sawyer]

Conventional knowledge in film archives is that repeated freeze-thaw cycles are somewhat traumatic to the gelatin emulsion layer. I freeze my b/w film unopened for long term storage (1 year +), but keep it in a zip-lock bag in the refrigerator once opened, unless it's going to be another year +, then it's back to the freezer.