Async functions in Django views
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Is it possible to do something like this:

    def new_query(request,company_uuid,address_uuid,contact_uuid):
        mcompany = get_object_or_404(Company, uuid=company_uuid)
        if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
            form = forms.CompanyQueryForm(request.POST)
            if form.is_valid():
                mquery = form.save(commit = False)
                mcompany = get_object_or_404(Company, uuid = company_uuid)
                mquery.company = mcompany
                mquery.version_number = 1
                mquery.parameters = {
                                        'company':company_uuid,
                                        'address':address_uuid,
                                        'contact':contact_uuid
                                        }
                mquery.save()
                preserialise(mquery.pk, company_uuid)
                recent_update = RecentUpdate(company_query=mquery, update_type="1")
                recent_update.save()
                url = reverse('view_directory',kwargs={'company_uuid':company_uuid,
                                                                    'address_uuid':address_uuid,
                                                                    'contact_uuid':contact_uuid})
                return HttpResponseRedirect(url)
        else:
            form = forms.CompanyQueryForm()
        return share.output_page(request,'joinerysoft/new_query.html',{'title':unicode(u'New Company Query'),
                                                                       'form': form,
                                                                       'company':mcompany,
                                                                       'address_uuid':address_uuid,
                                                                       'contact_uuid':contact_uuid})   
where `preserialise(mquery.pk, company_uuid)` runs in the background without waiting to return? as pre-serialisation takes a long time to complete (over 5 minutes) and I'd like it to be a fire and forget from the perspective of the user.